How rare is the name Deepak?

5,891 people in the United States have the first name Deepak, about 1 in 51,270. It ranks #3,511 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DEEPAK

#3,511

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,891
About
1 in 51,270
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,891 people named Deepak, 97.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.3% as White. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Deepak peaked in 1980, when 26 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19652013
Peak year
1980
Births that year
26
In 2013
10 ▼62%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 553 babies have been given the name since 1965. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Deepak by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #7,297. The largest share of babies named Deepak, 40.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#12,24320
1970s#7,297123
1980s#7,716149
1990s#10,464138
2000s#15,819105
2010s#34,84518
Generation X 1965–8030.6%
Millennials 1981–9640.7%
Generation Z 1997–1226.9%
2013 and later1.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Deepak

#3,509 Callum · 5,894#3,510 Semaj · 5,892#3,512 Ewa · 5,890#3,512 Ilana · 5,890

Also a last name

As a last name, Deepak ranks #37,907 of 156,621, with 630 people. See Deepak as a last name

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