Vishnu — #4937 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Vishnu

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,113 babies named Vishnu between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vishnu currently holds the #4937 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 65 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vishnu performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 466 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Vishnu shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 176 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Vishnu in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vishnu 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 1,113 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.