Recorded 2001–2016 Boys' name Peak 2001 16 births

Koushik — boys' name

16 babies named Koushik in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s62010s10
2010s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Koushik was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

6 babies were named Koushik in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Koushik

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Koushik between 2001 and 2016, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Koushik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Koushik performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Koushik shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Koushik 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 16 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.

Koushik at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

16

Since 2001

16 years of records

Peak year

2001

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

2001

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2016

Koushik popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2001

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2001)
6
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
4.555.566.5 201620122001 6

Koushik by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
10 births that decade — 63% of Koushik's all-time total
2000s62010s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Koushik?
16 babies have been named Koushik since 2001. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2001 with 6 births.
When was Koushik most popular?
Koushik was most popular in the 2010s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
How long has the name Koushik been used?
Koushik has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 16 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Koushik?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kourtney, Kou, Kourosh, Kourtland, 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, 2001–2016 (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.