Kush

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kush: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kush: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #829, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#829highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1997	#2337
1998	#1055
1999	#1281
2000	#848
2001	#1467
2002	#907
2003	#1053
2004	#970
2005	#1299
2006	#1168
2007	#1252
2008	#1706
2009	#1033
2010	#1289
2011	#1303
2012	#977
2013	#1294
2014	#1144
2015	#888
2016	#914
2017	#1146
2018	#1382
2019	#1869
2020	#1230
2021	#1250
2022	#1534
2023	#1906
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1337 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kush by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kush in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	36	4 of 10	9
2000s	173	10 of 10	17
2010sbusiest	230	10 of 10	23
2020s	81	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kush appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #829 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Kush's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1250	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1230	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1146	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#914	33	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#888	34	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1294	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#977	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1303	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1289	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1033	25	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1252	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#970	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1053	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#907	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#848	19	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1055	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #829, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 29 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Kurtis · #116, 31y
Kushal · #1055, 24y
Kuzey · #713, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aziz · #829, 30y
Maher · #829, 28y
Moosa · #829, 28y
Mujtaba · #829, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aziz · #829, 30y
Maher · #829, 28y
Moosa · #829, 28y
Mujtaba · #829, 30y

Kush was ranked #829 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kush and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kush without appearing here.

Kush moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #907 and #3225.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #907 and #3225.
Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1230 and #3334.

Moved ahead of Kush

Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #1207.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1250 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1534 and #967.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Kush

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kush went from #1337 to #2088 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kush went from #1337 to #2088 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kush went from #1337 to #2088 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kush went from #1337 to #2088 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kush

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kush went from #1337 to #2088 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kush went from #1337 to #2088 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kush went from #1337 to #2088 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kush went from #1337 to #2088 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #829 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Kush at a glance

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Kush by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kush at a glance

Kush by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kush

Kush and the names beside it

Kush moved ahead of

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