Boys' name · since 1988
Nakul
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 205 babies named Nakul, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,816 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,553 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 205
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
205 babies have been named Nakul since 1988, making it today's #12553 boys' name.
Nakul has 205 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12553 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #12,816 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,553 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 205 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nakul ranks #12,816 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,553 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 205 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,816 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,553 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 205
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nakul's 205 recorded births place it above 71.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nakul compares
205 38th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nakul's all-time total is 44% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nakul | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 205 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nakul's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nakul's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nakul popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Nakul by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (93 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Nakul's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Nakul births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
93 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 93 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Nakul's decade-level peak was the 2000s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nakul: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nakul draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.