Girls' name · since 1975
Krishana
Krishana has 162 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,988 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Krishana is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 162 have been recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Krishana has been recorded 162 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2001.
- #21,988 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 162 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Krishana ranks #21,988 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 162 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,988 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Krishana's 162 recorded births place it above 69.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Krishana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Krishana splits its recorded history at 1989: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Krishana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2001
- Peak year (1978)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Krishana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (67 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Krishana's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Krishana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
45 births
- 1980s
1980s
43 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 67 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Krishana's decade-level peak was the 1990s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Krishana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Krishana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.