Krishna
Krishna is given to both girls and boys: 16 girls and 69 boys were given it in 2025 (#6,993 among girls’ names and #2,120 among boys’, #3,952 among all names counting both); 4,291 Americans have been recorded with it since 1957 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Krishna every year since 2002.
An estimated 4,170 Americans named Krishna and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 14 and 36.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Krishna by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Krishna mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Krishna is “a male given name from Sanskrit.”
Borrowed from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa).
/ˈkɹɪʃnə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Krishna?
#2,120 among boys’ names, 2025
Krishna fell from #2,080 in 2015 to #2,120 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 35.5 to 40.4 per million.
123 babies in 2007, the peak
Krishna peaked in 2007, when 123 babies were given it (85 boys, #1,752 among boys’ names). The 85 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 69% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,993 | 69 | #2,120 |
| 2024 | 16 | #7,093 | 58 | #2,409 |
| 2023 | 16 | #7,099 | 53 | #2,525 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,585 | 54 | #2,541 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,289 | 54 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,648 | 51 | #2,529 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,954 | 48 | #2,675 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,146 | 64 | #2,183 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,661 | 75 | #1,930 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,540 | 73 | #1,983 |
Every recorded year (67)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 26 | #5,220 | 68 | #2,080 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,233 | 67 | #2,087 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,961 | 64 | #2,101 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,182 | 79 | #1,853 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,760 | 69 | #1,993 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,516 | 66 | #2,060 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,469 | 74 | #1,933 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,135 | 70 | #2,017 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,094 | 85 | #1,752 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,636 | 71 | #1,903 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,341 | 59 | #2,096 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,779 | 78 | #1,662 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,559 | 65 | #1,826 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,916 | 53 | #2,056 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,664 | 57 | #1,920 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,303 | 43 | #2,275 |
| 1999 | 55 | #2,588 | 50 | #1,949 |
| 1998 | 54 | #2,550 | 51 | #1,912 |
| 1997 | 46 | #2,715 | 47 | #1,942 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,570 | 31 | #2,509 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,946 | 32 | #2,422 |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,771 | 29 | #2,591 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,074 | 25 | #2,825 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,062 | 31 | #2,381 |
| 1991 | 52 | #2,427 | 23 | #2,873 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,112 | 27 | #2,527 |
| 1989 | 36 | #3,010 | 20 | #3,032 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,751 | 11 | #4,322 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,749 | 16 | #3,131 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,495 | 19 | #2,738 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,543 | 14 | #3,310 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,188 | 18 | #2,656 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,191 | 14 | #3,159 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,845 | 14 | #3,207 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,075 | 15 | #2,968 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,959 | 11 | #3,744 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,715 | 15 | #2,965 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,051 | 20 | #2,333 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,639 | 16 | #2,734 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,690 | 15 | #2,764 |
| 1975 | 39 | #2,183 | 14 | #2,836 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,864 | 8 | #4,023 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,847 | 14 | #2,656 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,757 | 18 | #2,206 |
| 1971 | 65 | #1,530 | 27 | #1,727 |
| 1970 | 36 | #2,219 | 15 | #2,451 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,620 | 9 | #3,205 |
| 1968 | 19 | #3,011 | 10 | #2,830 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,169 | 10 | #2,697 |
| 1966 | 5 | #7,079 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,155 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,058 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,062 | 5 | #4,384 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,612 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,743 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,557 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 5 | #4,285 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Krishna a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,291 Americans recorded as Krishna, 44% are girls and 56% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Krishna: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Krishna, and how old are they?
4,170 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 4,291 Americans ever recorded as Krishna. The median Krishna alive today is 24 years old; half are between 14 and 36.
The 2020 Census counted 11,606 people named Krishna (4,334 women and girls, 7,272 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,785 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 36 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 647 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 831 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,620 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,040 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Krishna born?
The states with the most babies named Krishna are Texas, California and New York, with 85% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 12 | #1,522 | 0.5× |
| California | 11 | #1,547 | 1.0× |
| New York | 6 | #1,668 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,406 | 0.4× |
Where Krishna is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Krishna is most over-represented in New Jersey: since 1957 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Krishna with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Krishna
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1950-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Quincey | 2,713 | |
| Dorian | 28,728 | |
| Corinthian | 1,009 | |
| Raja | 1,240 | |
| Neftali | 2,677 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Krishna and names like it
- Compare Krishna and QuinceyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sKrishna peaked in 2007.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Krishna since 1910.
- Sanskrit namesWiktionary’s origin for Krishna: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2007The year the most babies were named Krishna.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Krishna alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with KMost given first.