Kritika
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning criticism or discernment; a star name in vedic tradition.
Kritika by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Kritika. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kritika. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a star
Like Kritika, each of these has a star in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Stellastar5,038 in the US (2017)
- Novanew; a brightening star650 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Estherstar333 in England and Wales (2025)
- Miriamstar of the sea; beloved197 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maryamstar of the sea or beloved825 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Kritika
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