Rishi — #1107 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rishi

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,934 babies named Rishi between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rishi currently holds the #1107 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 228 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rishi performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,578 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rishi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 901 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Rishi in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rishi 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 4,934 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.