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Krishna

Pronounced /ˈkɹɪʃnə/

Rank in 2024
#2,396
Born in 2024
58
Peak year
2007 · #1748
Origin
Sanskrit
Also recorded for girls:16 in 2024 (#7,054)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 58 boys were named Krishna, about 1 in every 29,574.
  • It peaked in 2007 with 85 babies, ranked #1748.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1957.
  • 2,316 boys 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: 16 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 215 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 339 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,017 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 729 babies, 0.03 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.