Vishal
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1986 · 58 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,734since 1970
Vishal over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Vishal has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | #2,946 | 40 |
| 2007 | #2,721 | 44 |
| 2006 | #2,398 | 51 |
| 2005 | #2,265 | 52 |
| 2004 | #2,316 | 49 |
| 2003 | #1,702 | 72 |
| 2002 | #2,046 | 53 |
| 2001 | #1,841 | 60 |
| 2000 | #2,087 | 48 |
| 1999 | #1,655 | 64 |
| 1998 | #1,680 | 61 |
| 1997 | #1,836 | 51 |
| 1996 | #1,785 | 51 |
| 1995 | #1,467 | 66 |
| 1994 | #1,564 | 59 |
| 1993 | #1,601 | 56 |
| 1992 | #2,174 | 35 |
| 1991 | #1,573 | 54 |
| 1990 | #1,809 | 43 |
| 1989 | #1,641 | 48 |
| 1988 | #1,373 | 57 |
| 1987 | #1,337 | 55 |
| 1986 | #1,269 | 58 |
| 1985 | #1,544 | 42 |
| 1984 | #1,690 | 34 |
| 1983 | #1,594 | 37 |
| 1982 | #1,563 | 39 |
| 1981 | #1,629 | 36 |
| 1980 | #1,547 | 39 |
| 1979 | #1,943 | 27 |
| 1978 | #2,205 | 21 |
| 1977 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1970
The first year at least five boys were named Vishal! It came in at #4,724, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Vishal is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Vishal in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Vishal
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 341 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #12,008)
- 1,403 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1986 at #1,269 (58 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 23 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 27,435
- Highest: 1 in 27,435 boys born in 2003 were named Vishal (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,269 in 1986, was only 1 in 31,750 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 31.1% of all boys named Vishal (540) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 118 | #1,943 (1979) | #3,313 |
| 1980s | 445 | #1,269 (1986) | #1,519 |
| 1990s | 540 | #1,467 (1995) | #1,714 |
| 2000s | 487 | #1,702 (2003) | #2,542 |
| 2010s | 122 | #4,848 (2010) | #5,866 |
| 2020s | 22 | #10,605 (2020) | #11,456 |
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.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Vishal ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: