Kumar
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Kumar is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kumar mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kumar a girl's or a boy's name?
Kumar is a boys' name.
How popular is Kumar in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Kumar in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kumar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Kumar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmad, Umar, Amir, Samir, Khalid, Muhammad, Raheem, Zahir, Ammar, Hamza, Abdullah, Zamir
Names related to Kumar
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kumar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kumar, updated 20 October 2026.