# Nakul (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nakul/  
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 | “mongoose” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 205 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 205 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नकुल (nakula, “mongoose”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 15 | 5,413 |
| 2005 | 11 | 6,967 |
| 2006 | 12 | 6,772 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8,696 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,675 |
| 2009 | 13 | 6,699 |
| 2010 | 11 | 7,432 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,719 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,451 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,590 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,705 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,669 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,719 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,707 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,305 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: नकुल

## 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.