Vishnu
Vishnu is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 20 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 200.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200765 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1977
- 1,113people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,113 boys have been named Vishnu in the United States since 1977, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 65 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 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 42%.
By decade
In 2007, its biggest year
Vishnu was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Vishnu
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kamronpeak 2006
- Isakpeak 2004
- Kalebpeak 2007
- Exavierpeak 2009
- Pavelpeak 2008
- Ethanpeak 2004
- Terrionpeak 2006
- Mihirpeak 2002
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.