Kaushal — boys' name
119 babies named Kaushal in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Kaushal was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Kaushal in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaushal
The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Kaushal between 1991 and 2017, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaushal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaushal performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kaushal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kaushal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaushal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 119 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kaushal at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaushal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1991
- Peak year (2004)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
119 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 17 births in a single year.
Kaushal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 68 births that decade — 57% of Kaushal's all-time total
Kaushal decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kaushal's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Kaushal by state
Where Kaushal concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.2% |
5 of 119 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.