girls:
1.9k births since 1958
#3923 (31st percentile)
boys:
2.3k births since 1957
#2655 (42nd percentile)
overall:
4.1k births since 1957
#4260 (45th percentile)
The name Krishna is the #4,260 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,129 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 44.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 44.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,655 (42.1% percentile) for all time with 2,258 births since 1957. For girls, it ranks #3,923 (31.4% percentile) for all time with 1,871 births since 1958.
Krishna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for boys and 1958 for girls). Birth data for Krishna is available in 65 out of the 67 years between 1957 and 2023 (64 years for girls and 62 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Krishna is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 76.8% of babies named Krishna were boys.
For boys, Krishna reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 9.1% percentile (ranked #803) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 39 births per million (ranked 8.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Krishna ranks #863 for boys (5.3% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 74.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Krishna reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #709) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 37 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Krishna ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 24.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Krishna".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Krishna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.4% confident that Krishna is pronounced as KRIHSH-nuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KREESH-nuh, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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