Shaunak
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHOW-nuk
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Shaunak is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “descendant of Shunaka”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shaunak mean?
Sanskrit: from Shaunaka, a Vedic sage
“descendant of Shunaka”
In the Mahabharata's frame story, the sage Shaunaka hosts the forest gathering where the epic is retold.
Is Shaunak a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaunak is a boys' name.
How popular is Shaunak in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Shaunak in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shaunak in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
Names like Shaunak
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Shivansh Dhruv Shiv Viraj Vihaan Siddharth Rishi Veer Krish Ishaan Atharv
More Sanskrit names
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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, “Shaunak: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaunak, updated 20 October 2026.