Sankalp
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Sankalp is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sankalp mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sankalp a girl's or a boy's name?
Sankalp is a boys' name.
How popular is Sankalp in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Sankalp in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sankalp in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
Names like Sankalp
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Shivansh, Viraj, Vihaan, Shiv, Dhruv, Veer, Siddharth, Atharv, Avyaan, Krish, Rishi
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veda, India
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, “Sankalp: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sankalp, updated 20 October 2026.