boys:
496 births since 1988
#4090 (11th percentile)
overall:
496 births since 1988
#7243 (6th percentile)
The name Kushal is the #7,243 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 496 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 6.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,090 (10.8% percentile) for all time with 496 births since 1988.
Kushal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (first recorded for boys in 1988). Birth data for Kushal is available in 35 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Kushal reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #828) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Despite a low point around 2019, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Kushal ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 28.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kushal".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kushal. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Kushal is pronounced as KUE-shuhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KOO-shuhl, at 36.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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