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Krishna: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 69 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,665 in 2004.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,665 in 2004; #2,120 in 2025. About 81% of babies named Krishna in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,120 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2004, at #1,665.
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Krishna: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 69 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,665 in 2004 · most boys in one year: 85 (2007).
In 2025, 69 US boys were named Krishna, making it the 2,120th most common boys’ name of the year, up 289 places from #2,409 in 2024. That is 11 more than the 58 boys named Krishna in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,665, reached in 2004. The most boys given the name in a single year was 85, in 2007. For comparison, it was #2,080 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 16 US girls were named Krishna, making it the 6,995th most common girls’ name of the year, up 102 places from #7,097 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 16 girls named Krishna in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,530, reached in 1971. That year also had the most girls given the name: 65. For comparison, it was #5,222 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Krishna in 67 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1957 with 5 babies. In all, 4,291 US babies have been given the name, 44% of them girls and 56% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 1,040 babies named Krishna.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 599 US boys were named Krishna; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 75. In 2025 that was about 1 in 24,755 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Krishna ranked highest in Illinois in 2025, at #1,406 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 5 | #1,406 | — |
| Texas | 12 | #1,522 | #2,272 |
| California | 11 | #1,547 | #1,593 |
| New York | 6 | #1,668 | #1,743 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,995 | 69 | #2,120 |
| 2024 | 16 | #7,097 | 58 | #2,409 |
| 2023 | 16 | #7,104 | 53 | #2,526 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,590 | 54 | #2,542 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,294 | 54 | #2,479 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,653 | 51 | #2,530 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,958 | 48 | #2,676 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,150 | 64 | #2,184 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,665 | 75 | #1,930 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,542 | 73 | #1,983 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,222 | 68 | #2,080 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,235 | 67 | #2,088 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,963 | 64 | #2,102 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,184 | 79 | #1,854 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,761 | 69 | #1,994 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,518 | 66 | #2,061 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,471 | 74 | #1,934 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,136 | 70 | #2,018 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,095 | 85 | #1,752 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,637 | 71 | #1,904 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,345 | 59 | #2,100 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,783 | 78 | #1,665 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,563 | 65 | #1,829 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,920 | 53 | #2,060 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,668 | 57 | #1,924 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,308 | 43 | #2,279 |
| 1999 | 55 | #2,591 | 50 | #1,952 |
| 1998 | 54 | #2,553 | 51 | #1,915 |
| 1997 | 46 | #2,718 | 47 | #1,945 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,574 | 31 | #2,514 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,951 | 32 | #2,427 |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,776 | 29 | #2,596 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,079 | 25 | #2,831 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,067 | 31 | #2,386 |
| 1991 | 52 | #2,433 | 23 | #2,879 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,117 | 27 | #2,532 |
| 1989 | 36 | #3,016 | 20 | #3,038 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,756 | 11 | #4,327 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,751 | 16 | #3,135 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,497 | 19 | #2,741 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,545 | 14 | #3,313 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,189 | 18 | #2,657 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,192 | 14 | #3,160 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,846 | 14 | #3,208 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,076 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,959 | 11 | #3,745 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,716 | 15 | #2,966 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,051 | 20 | #2,333 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,639 | 16 | #2,735 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,691 | 15 | #2,765 |
| 1975 | 39 | #2,183 | 14 | #2,838 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,864 | 8 | #4,025 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,847 | 14 | #2,658 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,757 | 18 | #2,206 |
| 1971 | 65 | #1,530 | 27 | #1,728 |
| 1970 | 36 | #2,219 | 15 | #2,452 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,620 | 9 | #3,206 |
| 1968 | 19 | #3,011 | 10 | #2,831 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,170 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1966 | 5 | #7,080 | 7 | #3,396 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,156 | 6 | #3,736 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,059 | — | — |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,063 | 5 | #4,385 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,613 | 6 | #3,868 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,745 | — | — |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,558 | — | — |
| 1957 | — | — | 5 | #4,286 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).