Namish
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NAH-mish
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Namish is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Namish come from?
Sanskrit: Indian name, possibly built on Sanskrit namas 'salutation'
Is Namish a girl's or a boy's name?
Namish 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 Namish in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 5 boys.
Namish in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
How popular is Namish 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 Namish, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Namish in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Namish in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Namish
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Shivansh Vihaan Yuvraj Avyaan Devansh Krish Rudransh Aviraj Arjan Nirvaan Veer
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India Avani
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, “Namish: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/namish, updated 20 October 2026.