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Kishan

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Kishan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
90.00% of boys
Peak year
199768 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1973
1,029people given the name
Babies named Kishan, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,029 boys have been named Kishan in the United States since 1973, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 68 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 1990s alone account for 46%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Kishan
1970s16
1980s53
1990s476
2000s307
2010s143
2020s34

In 1997, its biggest year

Kishan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1997 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1997.

Names that rose and fell with Kishan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.