How rare is the name Krishna?

11,606 people in the United States have the first name Krishna, about 1 in 26,024. It ranks #2,246 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KRISHNA

#2,246

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,606
About
1 in 26,024
This common or more
79.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,606 people named Krishna, 82.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 5.6% as White and 5.1% as Black. 62.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Krishna peaked in 2007, when 123 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19572025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
123
In 2025*
85 ▼31%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 4,291 babies have been given the name since 1957. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Krishna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,780. The largest share of babies named Krishna, 38.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#11,72115
1960s#5,386139
1970s#2,780553
1980s#3,923406
1990s#3,105798
2000s#3,2371,040
2010s#3,797908
2020s#4,405432
Baby boom 1946–641%
Generation X 1965–8016.4%
Millennials 1981–9620%
Generation Z 1997–1238.2%
2013 and later24.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Krishna is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Krishna has been most common in New Jersey (7.4×), California (3.8×), and New York (2×), and least common in Illinois (1×).

1,397 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Krishna

#2,244 Ace · 11,608#2,245 Deb · 11,607#2,247 Jacques · 11,599#2,248 Zahra · 11,597

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Krishna, most common first.

#11,830 Krishan · 1,069#16,212 Krishnan · 700#19,209 Krisann · 554#26,142 Krisna · 358#32,705 Krishana · 256#42,763 Krishma · 167#43,336 Krisan · 163#48,328 Krisana · 132

Also a last name

As a last name, Krishna ranks #12,202 of 156,621, with 2,435 people. See Krishna as a last name

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