How Many People Are Named Kush?
people named Kush are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 284,820 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,221 babies named Kush in Social Security records from 1980 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
65 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Kush in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kush alive today is about 19 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kush first appears in the records in 1980 and was given most often in 2005, to 65 babies. In 2025, 18 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1980 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kush has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,875, in 2003. In 2025 it ranked #5,318.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,318 |
| Best rank | #1,875 (2003) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,386 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kush alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kush were born in New Jersey than in any other state: about 144 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kush was given 14.4 times as often in New Jersey, 3.5 times in Illinois and 1.4 times in California.
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