Kishore — boys' name
30 babies named Kishore in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Kishore was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Kishore in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kishore
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Kishore between 1990 and 2010, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kishore currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kishore performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kishore shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kishore 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 30 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.
Kishore at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kishore popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1990
- Peak year (1990)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
30 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 5 births in a single year.
Kishore by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 15 births that decade — 50% of Kishore's all-time total
Kishore decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kishore's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.