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Vishnu

Boys' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#5,399 among boys
Births in 2025
17 1,130 since 1880
Typical age
18 years, median

Vishnu popularity over time

Vishnu rank by birth year, 1977–2025Vishnu ranked #5,123 in 1977 and #5,399 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #2,094, in 2007.#10,000#5,399best #2,094 in 200719801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1977–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Vishnu was used most in 2007, when 65 babies were given the name. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1977. As of 2025 the name sits at #5,399, with 17 births that year.

The ten-year change is -32%. Year on year the rank dropped by 509.

Babies named Vishnu per yearPeaks at 65 births in 2007.65 in 2007019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Vishnu?

An estimated 1,100 living Americans are called Vishnu. SSA has recorded 1,130 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 Vishnu?

Median age among living Vishnus: 18. More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Vishnu a millennial-era name.

Your Vishnu

Ages of living people named VishnuHalf of living Vishnus are older than 18 and half younger.median 1802040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Vishnu is most common

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

Where Vishnu is used more than average1 states use the name Vishnu 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 Vishnu is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 37 1.4×

Vishnu in England and Wales

ONS recorded 7 births named Vishnu in 2025, ranking it #2,952.

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

Where the name Vishnu comes from

Transliteration of Sanskrit विष्णु.

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 Vishnu

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar Indian writer 1889–1976 12
Vishnu Vishal Indian actor 1984 10
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.

Names similar to Vishnu

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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