# Kriti (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kriti/  
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 | “creation”, “piece” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 521 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 521 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 62, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कृति (kṛti, “creation, piece”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 6,457 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,905 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,230 |
| 2014 | 26 | 5,236 |
| 2015 | 36 | 4,112 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,965 |
| 2017 | 25 | 5,259 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,152 |
| 2019 | 25 | 5,238 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,411 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,746 |
| 2022 | 25 | 5,243 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,657 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,218 |
| 2025 | 20 | 6,027 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: कृति

## 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.