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Krishna

Pronounced /ˈkɹɪʃnə/

Rank in 2024
#7,054
Born in 2024
16
Peak year
1971 · #1531
Origin
Sanskrit
Also recorded for boys:58 in 2024 (#2,396)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 16 girls were named Krishna, about 1 in every 100,824.
  • It peaked in 1971 with 65 babies, ranked #1531.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1958.
  • 1,890 girls have been named Krishna since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Krishna per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 29 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 488 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 521 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 622 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 230 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa).

  • A male given name from Sanskrit.
Origin
Sanskrit
Say it
/ˈkɹɪʃnə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Krishna, CC BY-SA 4.0.