Kumar

Where Kumar comes from

Transliteration of Hindi कुमार (kumār), etc.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kumar
  • Sanskrit
Kumar through the years
  1. 1972
    First appearance
    #4,986 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Peak, #3,246
    11 babies named Kumar, its best rank.
  3. 1977
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #5,845.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.