Kailash
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Kailash is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Kailash mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kailash a girl's or a boy's name?
Kailash is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kailash in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 5 boys.
Kailash in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Kailash in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Kailash, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Kailash in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kailash in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
Names like Kailash
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bodhi Aarav Ayaan Kayden Yahya Kian Musa Shivansh Aryan Finn Arjan Rayan
Names related to Kailash
More Sanskrit names
Maya Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Opal Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Veer Veda India
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kailash: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kailash, updated 20 October 2026.