Boys' name · since 2001
Rishikesh
Rishikesh has 107 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,989 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 107
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
107 boys have been named Rishikesh since 2001, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rishikesh has been recorded 107 times among boys since 2001, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2023.
- #16,989 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 107 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rishikesh ranks #16,989 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 107 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,989 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 107
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rishikesh's 107 recorded births place it above 62.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rishikesh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rishikesh splits its recorded history at 2008: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rishikesh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2023
- Peak year (2002)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Rishikesh by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (68 births, 64% of the file).
2000s was Rishikesh's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Rishikesh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 68 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Rishikesh's decade-level peak was the 2000s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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 Rishikesh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2001–2023 (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 Rishikesh 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.