# Kushal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kushal/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “skillful”, “proficient”, “adept” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 523 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 523 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 170, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुशल (kuśala, “skillful, proficient, adept”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 6,838 |
| 2012 | 23 | 4,330 |
| 2013 | 23 | 4,261 |
| 2014 | 17 | 5,388 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,636 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,941 |
| 2017 | 23 | 4,406 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,678 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,629 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4,633 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,924 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,537 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,654 |
| 2024 | 16 | 5,794 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,452 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7 | 2,174 |
| 2006 | 11 | 1,643 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: कुशल

## 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.