Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kunal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,259
- 1,259 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 60 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,430 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,430 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 60 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,169 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.
Kunal’s family of names
Kunal may belong to the same name family as KUNALL. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kunal
- Kunal NayyarEnglish actor (born 1981)
- Kunal KapoorIndian actor (born 1977)born 1975
- Kunal KhemuIndian actorborn 1983
- Kunal GanjawalaIndian singerborn 1972
- Kunal KohliIndian film directorborn 2000
- Kunaal Roy KapurIndian actorborn 1979
- Kunal SinghIndian actor (1977–2008)
- Kunal DeshmukhIndian film directorborn 1982
- Kunal KamraIndian stand-up comedianborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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