Daksh
Masculine · “able”
Daksh is a Sanskrit word for competence — skilled, able, equal to the task — and it is also the name of a Prajapati, one of the mind-born sons of Brahma in Hindu cosmology.
How old is the name Daksh?
Daksh first appears in US birth records in 2004 — 21 years ago. The typical Daksh is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Daksh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daksh most popular?
Daksh peaked in 2019, reaching #2292 nationally. Today it ranks #3314, 1,022 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
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Where it comes from
From daksha to Daksh
The story of Daksh
Daksha appears in the Vedas as a quality and in the Puranas as a person — the father of Sati, whose destroyed sacrifice sets one of the central Shaiva narratives in motion. The word itself has stayed in ordinary Sanskrit-derived vocabulary across Indian languages, meaning simply capable. Its use as a short modern given name belongs to the same preference for brief Sanskrit words that produced Arsh, Ansh and Advay, and it reaches American records with families from across India.
Meaning
able, skillful, competent
From Sanskrit daksha, expert or capable; the same word names a figure of Hindu mythology whose sacrifice and quarrel with Shiva is one of the well-known stories of the tradition.
How the name formed
- daksha
- Daksh
Related forms: Daksh · Daksha · Daksh
Pronouncing Daksh
DUHKSH
One syllable ending in a consonant cluster English does not use. Americans often add a vowel, giving DAK-sh.
Nicknames for Daksh
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2004
- Most boys named
- 201960 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2292reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- −12.5%35 in 2025, from 40
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Daksh in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Daksh in Hindi — transliteration
- Daksha in Sanskrit — same name
- Daksh in Gujarati — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New Jersey.
Dakshs among us
people named Daksh are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 48,802 born in 2025 was named Daksh
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ramin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Daksh's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ramin climbed just as high around 1984, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ramin's path sketches the road Daksh is walking now.
Daksh sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Daksh is headed
Daksh should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Daksh beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Daksh in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Sanskrit meaning that is practical and unpretentious — simply capable.
- Five letters and one syllable, very short by the standards of Sanskrit names.
- It carries a real mythological figure as well as an ordinary word.
- The ksh cluster is genuinely hard for English mouths and will gain an extra syllable.
- Daksh and Daksha are both used and relatives may prefer the longer one.
- The mythological figure it names comes to a bad end in the story, which is worth knowing.
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Masculine · #3314 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Dakshs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Daksh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Daksh in 2025?
- Daksh ranks #3314 among US boy names in 2025, with 35 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Daksh?
- About 1 in every 48,802 US boys born in 2025 was named Daksh — 35 in all.
- Will my child share the name Daksh with classmates?
- Daksh will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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