Kushi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KHU-shee
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Kushi is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “happiness”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Kushi mean?
Persian: spelling of Khushi; Hindi and Urdu word, from Persian
“happiness”
Hindi and Urdu word for happiness, from Persian khush, happy.
Meaning borrowed from Khushi.
Is Kushi a girl's or a boy's name?
Kushi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kushi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Kushi, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Kushi than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Kushi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were given Kushi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,169, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Khushi 20
- Kushi 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Kushi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Kushi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Kushi, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Kushi in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kushi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
Names like Kushi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Kashvi Anvi Aarvi Prisha Dhriti Dhanvi Aashvi Yashvi Krishvi Sanvi Pranshi
Other spellings of Kushi
Names related to Kushi
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Kushi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kushi, updated 20 October 2026.