Boys' name · since 1990
Vishaal
Vishaal has 87 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,342 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 87
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Vishaal is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 87 have been recorded since 1990.
Vishaal has 87 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2011.
- #18,342 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 87 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vishaal ranks #18,342 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 87 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,342 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 87
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Vishaal's 87 recorded births place it above 59.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vishaal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Vishaal splits its recorded history at 1999: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Vishaal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2011
- Peak year (1990)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Vishaal by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (50 births, 57% of the file).
1990s was Vishaal's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Vishaal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 50 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Vishaal's decade-level peak was the 1990s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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 Vishaal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1990–2011 (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 Vishaal 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.