# Ekta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ekta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “unity”, “oneness” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 112 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 112 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 37, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit एकता (ekatā, “unity, oneness”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | 12,359 |
| 1989 | 8 | 8,982 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,597 |
| 1991 | 11 | 7,559 |
| 1992 | 8 | 9,743 |
| 1993 | 8 | 9,845 |
| 1994 | 6 | 12,237 |
| 1997 | 7 | 11,185 |
| 1999 | 5 | 15,110 |
| 2000 | 6 | 13,667 |
| 2001 | 6 | 14,051 |
| 2002 | 8 | 11,430 |
| 2003 | 7 | 12,798 |
| 2004 | 5 | 16,881 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17,262 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 10 | 1,646 |
| 1997 | 5 | 2,738 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: एकता

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.