Koushik
Koushik Ghosh, known professionally simply as Koushik, is a Bengali-Canadian electronic musician from Dundas, Ontario. Koushik is signed to Stones Throw Records and has released a collection of singles and EPs from 2001–2005 on that label, Be With (2005), and the debut full length, Out my Window (2008). He has worked with Four Tet, Caribou, and remixed Madvillain.
Meaning & Origin of Koushik
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Koushik Ghosh, known professionally simply as Koushik, is a Bengali-Canadian electronic musician from Dundas, Ontario. Koushik is signed to Stones Throw Records and has released a collection of singles and EPs from 2001–2005 on that label, Be With (2005), and the debut full length, Out my Window (2008). He has worked with Four Tet, Caribou, and remixed Madvillain.
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The Story of Koushik
Koushik first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2001, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 6 Koushiks were born — ranking #9,243 that year. As of 2026, Koushik ranks #12,182 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 16 Koushiks have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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Names that sound like Koushik
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About the name Koushik
Koushik is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2001 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Koushik's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #9,243. Use the chart and map above to compare Koushik's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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