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Kunal

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Kunal is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
199460 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1977
1,253people given the name
Babies named Kunal, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,253 boys have been named Kunal in the United States since 1977, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 60 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 60 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 36%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Kunal
1970s14
1980s351
1990s454
2000s324
2010s92
2020s18

In 1994, its biggest year

Kunal was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1994 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler. See all of 1994.

Names that rose and fell with Kunal

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.