How rare is the name Abhishek?

5,747 people in the United States have the first name Abhishek, about 1 in 52,555. It ranks #3,576 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ABHISHEK

#3,576

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,747
About
1 in 52,555
This common or more
82.6%
Who bears it

Of the 5,747 people named Abhishek, 96% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.4% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Abhishek peaked in 2000, when 63 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19812018
Peak year
2000
Births that year
63
In 2018
5 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 758 babies have been given the name since 1981. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Abhishek by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #6,605. The largest share of babies named Abhishek, 70.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#12,66267
1990s#6,605264
2000s#6,631365
2010s#21,98662
Millennials 1981–9627%
Generation Z 1997–1270.4%
2013 and later2.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Abhishek

#3,574 Abagail · 5,749#3,575 Braelynn · 5,748#3,577 Nataliya · 5,745#3,578 Me · 5,741

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Abhishek, most common first.

#25,917 Abishek · 363

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