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How popular is the name Kishan?

Births per year, rank history and how many Kishans are alive today.

Kishan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2440th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 57 babies were given the name, the 379th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 16% of its peak.

The Kishan you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Kishans born in England and Wales are between 20 and 34, and there are at least 970 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Kishan - on average, only one in every 313 such rooms contains a Kishan.

How many babies are named Kishan each year?

0204060200020201996: 571997: 431998: 481999: 392000: 332001: 232002: 252003: 292004: 192005: 242006: 222007: 212008: 192009: 212010: 112011: 242012: 142013: 132014: 72015: 142016: 92017: 122018: 82019: 92020: 72021: 52022: 72023: 42024: 72025: 9actual

Where does Kishan rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 3791997: ranked 4551998: ranked 4371999: ranked 5072000: ranked 5682001: ranked 7512002: ranked 7532003: ranked 7312004: ranked 1,0382005: ranked 9192006: ranked 1,0162007: ranked 1,1252008: ranked 1,2422009: ranked 1,1752010: ranked 1,9112011: ranked 1,0872012: ranked 1,6692013: ranked 1,7062014: ranked 2,6902015: ranked 1,6732016: ranked 2,3352017: ranked 1,9232018: ranked 2,4452019: ranked 2,2662020: ranked 2,6822021: ranked 3,4512022: ranked 2,7562023: ranked 4,1082024: ranked 2,9222025: ranked 2,440

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Kishan most popular?

Kishan peaked in 1996, when 57 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Kishan?

At least 970 people named Kishan born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Kishan?

Most living Kishans are between 20 and 34; the most common age is about 31.

Is Kishan becoming more or less popular?

Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.






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