Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Kush as a surname developed from KUSCH.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kush through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,221
- 1,221 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 65 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #5,320 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,320 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 65 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,410 as a first name in 2020; 1,655 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kush’s family of names
In English usage, Kush as a surname developed from the German form KUSCH.
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 Kush
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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