Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Sanskrit, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kailash through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 342
- 342 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #5,996 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +27%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,996 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 27.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 997 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kailash’s family of names
Kailash may belong to the same name family as KAILLASH. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kailash
- Kailash SatyarthiIndian Social Workerborn 1954
- Kailash PurryagPresident of Mauritius from 2012 to 20151947–2025
- Kailash KherIndian pop-rock singerborn 1973
- Kailash SankhalaIndian naturalist (1925-1994)
- Kailash Chandra JoshiIndian politician1929–2019
- Kailash Chandra MeghwalIndian politicianborn 1934
- Kailash Nath KatjuIndian politician1887–1968
- Kailash GahlotMember of the Legislative Assembly (India)born 1974
- Kailash VajpeyiIndian poet1936–2015
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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