Kishan
- #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 68 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,038since 1973
Kishan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kishan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #4,862 | 19 |
| 2011 | #4,659 | 20 |
| 2010 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | #5,249 | 17 |
| 2007 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #3,602 | 28 |
| 2005 | #2,846 | 37 |
| 2004 | #3,285 | 29 |
| 2003 | #2,993 | 32 |
| 2002 | #2,428 | 41 |
| 2001 | #2,864 | 32 |
| 2000 | #1,968 | 52 |
| 1999 | #1,879 | 52 |
| 1998 | #1,849 | 53 |
| 1997 | #1,519 | 68 |
| 1996 | #1,552 | 64 |
| 1995 | #1,577 | 59 |
| 1994 | #2,123 | 38 |
| 1993 | #1,741 | 49 |
| 1992 | #1,981 | 40 |
| 1991 | #2,344 | 30 |
| 1990 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
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| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
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| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
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| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
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| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
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| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five boys were named Kishan! It came in at #4,505, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1974–1981, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kishan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kishan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 633 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #7,679)
- 177 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #7,679)
- 2,390 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 1997 at #1,519 (68 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 27,723
- Highest: 1 in 27,723 boys born in 1997 were named Kishan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 45.8% of all boys named Kishan (475) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 | #4,505 (1973) | #5,383 |
| 1980s | 53 | #4,017 (1989) | #4,701 |
| 1990s | 475 | #1,519 (1997) | #1,943 |
| 2000s | 307 | #1,968 (2000) | #3,483 |
| 2010s | 143 | #4,659 (2011) | #6,258 |
| 2020s | 44 | #7,502 (2020) | #8,416 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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