Kishan
Kishan was the 7978th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 1529th with 68 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,564 places. More babies were named Kishan in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,978 boys, down 147 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199768 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,038babies recorded
Kishan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,978 | 10 |
| 2020 | #7,831 | 10 |
| 2010 | #5,374 | 17 |
| 2000 | #1,985 | 52 |
| 1990 | #2,917 | 22 |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kishan, counting every spelling?
Kishan is the most common spelling of a name family that had 10 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 10 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kishan | 10 | #7,978 | 34 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kishan?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kishan (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kishan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kishan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kishan?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Kishan are alive today, with a median age of 27; half are between 20 and 31. That makes Kishan mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kishan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kishan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kishan
How popular is the name Kishan?
Kishan was the 7978th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 1529th with 68 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,564 places. More babies were named Kishan in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Kishan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kishan in the US.