How rare is the name Rishi?

5,176 people in the United States have the first name Rishi, about 1 in 58,352. It ranks #3,814 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RISHI

#3,814

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,176
About
1 in 58,352
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,176 people named Rishi, 89.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.7% as two or more races and 3% as White. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rishi peaked in 2023, when 229 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19742025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
229
In 2025*
207 ▼10%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,142 babies have been given the name since 1974. 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.

Rishi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,288. The largest share of babies named Rishi, 42.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#7,013131
1980s#3,784432
1990s#4,127523
2000s#2,4121,578
2010s#2,9471,322
2020s#2,2881,156
Generation X 1965–803.5%
Millennials 1981–9614.1%
Generation Z 1997–1242.6%
2013 and later39.8%

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 Rishi is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rishi has been most common in New Jersey (5.2×), California (2.6×), and Washington (2.2×), and least common in Ohio (0.44×).

3,624 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 Rishi

#3,812 Carolynn · 5,178#3,813 Nikola · 5,177#3,815 Alaya · 5,173#3,815 Aviana · 5,173

Spelled almost the same

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

#13,303 Risha · 912#31,866 Richi · 267

Also a last name

As a last name, Rishi ranks #62,640 of 156,621, with 345 people. See Rishi as a last name

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