Kush
Kush is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200565 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1980
- 1,203people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,203 boys have been named Kush in the United States since 1980, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2005, with 65 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 40%.
By decade
In 2005, its biggest year
Kush was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2005 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2005.
Names that rose and fell with Kush
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Akshaypeak 2008
- Sahilpeak 2001
- Quinlanpeak 2006
- Colepeak 2002
- Lucpeak 2002
- Ryleypeak 2007
- Kiernanpeak 2008
- Tyrenpeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.