Kanishk — #13135 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kanishk

The Social Security Administration has registered 176 babies named Kanishk between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kanishk currently holds the #13135 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kanishk performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kanishk shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kanishk in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kanishk 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 176 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.