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Krishna

Boys' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~4,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,108 among boys
Births in 2025
85 4,291 since 1880
Typical age
23 years, median

Krishna popularity over time

Krishna rank by birth year, 1957–2025Krishna ranked #3,993 in 1957 and #2,108 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,653, in 2004.#2,1081960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1957–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Krishna was used most in 2007, when 123 babies were given the name. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1957. In 2025 it ranked #2,108 with 85 births.

Year on year the rank improved by 285.

Babies named Krishna per yearPeaks at 123 births in 2007.123 in 200701960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Krishna?

About 4,200 people named Krishna are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 4,291 births under the name since 1880. The split is about 1,900 women and 2,300 men.

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 Krishna?

Median age among living Krishnas: 23. More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Krishna a millennial-era name.

Your Krishna

Ages of living people named KrishnaHalf of living Krishnas are older than 23 and half younger.median 230204060
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Krishna is most common

Krishna is 1.4× as common in California as it is nationally.

Where Krishna is used more than average1 states use the name Krishna more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.4× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Krishna is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 114 1.4×

Is Krishna a boy's or a girl's name?

44% girls56% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

The name leans boys, but 21.7% of births in the last decade were girls. Across the whole record, 44.4% of births under the name were girls. The name has changed sides: it began mostly on one sex and ends mostly on the other.

Krishna in England and Wales

ONS recorded 14 births named Krishna in 2025, ranking it #2,133. That is 2.8× 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 Krishna comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Sanskrit.

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

Notable people named Krishna

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Nepalese politician 1924–2011 34
Krishna Sobti Indian writer 1925–2019 30
Krishna Poonia Indian discus thrower & Member of legislative assembly 1982 22
Krishna Hutheesing Indian writer 1907–1967 20
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV King of Mysore 1884–1940 19
Krishna Kohli Pakistani politician 1979 19
Krishna Tirath Indian politician 1955 12
Krishna Raj Indian politician 1969 11
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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