Kunal — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kunal

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,253 babies named Kunal between 1977 and 2022, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kunal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kunal performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 454 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kunal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 222 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kunal in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kunal 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 1,253 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.