Kartar is a distinctive choice, ranked #1322 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Kartar in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1322
About the Name Kartar
Kartar is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 401 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1290 in 2021 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2001.
Kartar is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Kartar
Unlikely. With around 20 UK babies named Kartar per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Kartar in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Kartar is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 401 places over the last five years to #1322 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Kartar is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Kartar include: Kartar Nath — Kartar Nath is an Indian former cricketer.; Kartar Singh Tanwar — Kartar Singh Tanwar is an Indian politician and a member of the Eighth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.; Kartar Lalvani — Kartar Singh Lalvani is a British-Pakistani businessman, and the founder and chairman of Vitabiotics, a vitamin and mineral-based food supplements company..
Kartar does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Kartars in the wild.
20
UK babies named Kartar (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 401 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Kartar
Likely around 1 other Kartar in the class
UK Popularity (2001–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Kartar
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Kartar Singh Tanwar is an Indian politician and a member of the Eighth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. He representes the Chhatarpur constituency of New Delhi and is a member of the Bhartiya Janta Party.
Kartar Singh Lalvani is a British-Pakistani businessman, and the founder and chairman of Vitabiotics, a vitamin and mineral-based food supplements company. Lalvani was born to a Sindhi Sikh family in 1931 in Karachi.
Kartar Singh is an Indian wrestler who won gold medals at the Asian Games in 1978 and 1986. He stood 7th at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg Wrestling.
Kartar Kaur Dhillon was a Punjabi Sikh American political activist and writer from California. Dhillon grew up in the Ghadar Party, which worked to end British colonialism in India.