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Kishan

Boys' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#7,679 among boys
Births in 2025
10 1,038 since 1880
Typical age
26 years, median

Kishan popularity over time

Kishan rank by birth year, 1973–2025Kishan ranked #4,505 in 1973 and #7,679 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,519, in 1997.#10,000#7,679best #1,519 in 199719801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1973–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Kishan was used most in 1997, when 68 babies were given the name. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1973. As of 2025 the name sits at #7,679, with 10 births that year.

Compared with 2015, births are down 41%. It climbed 633 places against the previous year.

Babies named Kishan per yearPeaks at 68 births in 1997.68 in 1997019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Kishan?

An estimated 1,000 living Americans are called Kishan. SSA has recorded 1,038 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Kishan?

Half of living Kishans are older than 26, half younger. More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Kishan a millennial-era name.

Your Kishan

Ages of living people named KishanHalf of living Kishans are older than 26 and half younger.median 2602040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Kishan in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Kishan ranked #2,440 in 2025 on 9 births. That is 29% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Kishan comes from

From Sanskrit किशन.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Names similar to Kishan

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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