# Deepak (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/deepak/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hindi |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdiːpʌk/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Dipak |
| US babies named this | 553 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 553 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 69, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi दीपक (dīpak), meaning a part of a flame, or someone who enlightens everyone's heart with hope.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 8 | 6,763 |
| 1998 | 10 | 5,926 |
| 1999 | 18 | 4,024 |
| 2000 | 14 | 5,094 |
| 2001 | 8 | 7,709 |
| 2002 | 14 | 5,197 |
| 2003 | 10 | 6,844 |
| 2004 | 12 | 6,223 |
| 2005 | 16 | 5,089 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8,905 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10,016 |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,464 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,111 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8,946 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,659 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 1,765 |
| 1997 | 9 | 1,345 |
| 1998 | 8 | 1,485 |
| 1999 | 9 | 1,383 |
| 2000 | 7 | 1,703 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2002 | 8 | 1,651 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |

## People named Deepak

- Deepak Parekh, Chairman of India's Housing Development Finance Corporation

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.