Kishan — #8450 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kishan

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,029 babies named Kishan between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kishan currently holds the #8450 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 68 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kishan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 476 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kishan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 132 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kishan in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kishan 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 1,029 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.