Nakul
Boy · Sanskrit
Nakul is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “mongoose”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Nakul mean?
Sanskrit
“mongoose”
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nakul a girl's or a boy's name?
Nakul is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nakul in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Nakul, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Nakul in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nakul in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
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