How Many People Are Named Rishi?
people named Rishi are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 67,680 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,142 babies named Rishi in Social Security records from 1974 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
229 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "sage, poet" in Sanskrit, perhaps ultimately deriving from a root meaning "to see".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rishi in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rishi alive today is about 17 years old, and 84% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rishi first appears in the records in 1974 and was given most often in 2023, to 229 babies. In 2025, 207 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1974 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rishi has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #938, in 2008. In 2025 it ranked #1,059.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,059 |
| Best rank | #938 (2008) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,068 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rishi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rishi were born in California than in any other state: about 935 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rishi was given 5.5 times as often in New Jersey, 2 times in Virginia and 1.9 times in California.
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