Recorded 1991–2017 Boys' name Peak 2004 119 births

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.

1990s102000s682010s41
2000s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Kaushal was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

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 2017

Total births

119

Since 1991

27 years of records

Peak year

2004

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1991

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2017

Kaushal popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1991

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2004)
17
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
05101520 201720142011200920072004200119931991 5

Kaushal by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
68 births that decade — 57% of Kaushal's all-time total
1990s102000s682010s41

Kaushal by state

Where Kaushal concentrates geographically — total births since 1991

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kaushal
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 4.2%
California share of Kaushal's total US births 4.2%

5 of 119 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kaushal?
119 babies have been named Kaushal since 1991. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2004 with 17 births.
When was Kaushal most popular?
Kaushal was most popular in the 2000s decade with 68 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Kaushal most popular?
The top states for the name Kaushal are California (5 births).
How long has the name Kaushal been used?
Kaushal has been recorded in Social Security data since 1991, spanning 27 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Kaushal?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kauan, Kaushik, Kaulder, Kaulana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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.