How Many People Are Named Vishal?
people named Vishal are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 204,416 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,734 babies named Vishal in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
72 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "wide, broad, spacious" in Sanskrit.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Vishal in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Vishal alive today is about 30 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 22 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Vishal first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 2003, to 72 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Vishal has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,284, in 1986. In 2025 it ranked #13,768.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,768 |
| Best rank | #1,284 (1986) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,698 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Vishal alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Vishal were born in California than in any other state: about 246 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Vishal was given 8 times as often in New Jersey, 3.7 times in New York and 2.4 times in California.
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