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Rishi

Boys' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~5,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,056 among boys
Births in 2025
207 5,142 since 1880
Typical age
16 years, median

Rishi popularity over time

Rishi rank by birth year, 1974–2025Rishi ranked #2,549 in 1974 and #1,056 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #936, in 2008.#1,000#1,05619801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1974–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2023 is the peak year for Rishi, with 229 births. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1974. The 2025 position is #1,056, on 207 births.

Over ten years the count has risen 54%. It climbed 52 places against the previous year.

Babies named Rishi per yearPeaks at 229 births in 2023.229 in 2023019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Rishi?

An estimated 5,100 living Americans are called Rishi. SSA has recorded 5,142 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 Rishi?

Half of living Rishis are older than 16, half younger. More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Rishi a current name.

Your Rishi

Ages of living people named RishiHalf of living Rishis are older than 16 and half younger.median 1602040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Rishi is most common

New Jersey uses the name 3.8× as often as the country as a whole. Washington, Massachusetts and California follow.

Where Rishi is used more than average5 states use the name Rishi more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.6× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: 1.7× the national rateILWisconsin: 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: 3.8× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.8× 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: 2.1× the national rateMAArizona: 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 Rishi is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 138 3.8×
Washington 80 2.6×
Massachusetts 54 2.1×
California 329 1.8×
Illinois 87 1.7×

Rishi in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Rishi ranked #1,066 in 2025 on 28 births. That is 39% lower 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 Rishi comes from

From Sanskrit ऋषि (“rishi, sage”), via New languages, such as Punjabi ਰਿਸ਼ੀ. Compare rishi.

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.

Notable people named Rishi

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Rishi Sunak Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2022 to 2024 1980 141
Rishi Kapoor Indian film actor 1952–2020 57
Photo credits (2)

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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