Kishon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kishon

The Social Security Administration has registered 262 babies named Kishon between 1979 and 2015, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kishon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Kishon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 20 additional births since 1976.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kishon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kishon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kishon 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 262 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.