How rare is the name Vishal?

5,523 people in the United States have the first name Vishal, about 1 in 54,686. It ranks #3,681 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

VISHAL

#3,681

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,523
About
1 in 54,686
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,523 people named Vishal, 93.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.7% as White and 1.8% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vishal peaked in 2003, when 72 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
72
In 2025*
5 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,734 babies have been given the name since 1970. 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.

Vishal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,708. The largest share of babies named Vishal, 44.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#7,478118
1980s#3,708445
1990s#4,060540
2000s#5,459487
2010s#14,769122
2020s#26,00922
Generation X 1965–809.1%
Millennials 1981–9644.4%
Generation Z 1997–1241.2%
2013 and later5.4%

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.

Exactly as common as Vishal

1 other first name also has 5,523 people.

#3,681 Bonny · 5,523

Either side of Vishal

#3,680 Isha · 5,525#3,681 Bonny · 5,523#3,683 Suzy · 5,519#3,684 Kora · 5,518

Spelled almost the same

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

#39,517 Visal · 191#40,182 Vishaal · 186

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