Given name

Koushik

Koushik is a masculine given name from Bengali.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Koushik comes from Bengali.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

A transliteration of Bengali কৌশিক.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Koushik through the years

Babies since 1880
16
16 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2001
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Koushik in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2001–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 354 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.

Koushik’s family of names

In English usage, Koushik has a related form in KAUSHIK.

Walk Koushik’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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