Abhishek — boys' name

What the Data Says About Abhishek

The Social Security Administration has registered 758 babies named Abhishek between 1981 and 2018, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Abhishek currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 63 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Abhishek performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 365 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Abhishek shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 98 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Abhishek in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Abhishek in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 758 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.