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Krish

#1,277 in 2025Boys' name

Black, through Krishna

Krish has been given to 4,821 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #1,277 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 371 recorded.

Babies named Krish, 2025

1 in 21,500

Krish over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Krish: meaning, origin, and history

Black, through Krishna

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Krish means

Krish belongs to the name family reached through Krish → Krishna → कृष्ण. Its meaning is “black”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Hindi कृष (kŕṣ), Derived from Hindi कृष्णा (kŕṣṇā).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Krish (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Krish is used in English.

Krish comes through Hindi कृष्णा.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Krishna and कृष्ण.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,811 boys were recorded with the name Krish between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 371 in 2006; its best national rank was #633 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,211 in 2020 to #1,277 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,048 in 2015 to #1,277 in 2025.

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Krish between 1970 and 1984. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1970; its best national rank was #8,644 in 1970.

How common is Krish?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 21,500
154 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 11,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,277
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
14,923 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Krish sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 14,923 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Krish. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Krishs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Krish was born before 2012 — so the typical Krish is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
43.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,811
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 43.5% of all recorded uses (2,092).

Is Krish rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+75
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−66
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−229
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.81×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
41.5%
Peak was 2006 (371)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#633
2006

Spellings of Krish

Krish is not the most common spelling — Keith is, with 81.9% against Krish's 0.90%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Krish is used

Across 2016–2025, Krish was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 2,439 boys, against 1 in 8,488 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

141 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 2,439
  2. 2Washington1 in 5,882
  3. 3California1 in 6,250
  4. 4Illinois1 in 6,250
  5. 5Massachusetts1 in 6,250
  6. 6New York1 in 7,143
  7. 7Georgia1 in 7,692
  8. 8Virginia1 in 7,692

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Krish around the world

Where Krish ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #782
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2007–2015
    #686
    in 2015
  • Ireland
    2007–2007
    #527
    in 2007
  • France
    2007–2025
    #5,486
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2002–2024
    #1,011
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2007–2013
    #389
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Krish by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,277
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 66
Best rank ever
#633
2006
Peak year
2006
371 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,811
Count in 2025
154

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,644
1970
Peak year
1970
5 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
1984
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Krish

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AnishKrisKrishnaKristenKrishivParrishKrissKristanParishKristonKristoferKristianTavishKristinArishKrishanKristofferKrithikTanishKrishavKristoffDanishKavishHamish

Names with a curve like Krish

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Krish, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MalakiHaidenAydinIzayahMakhiKaelDavianTeaganYairKaedenArmaanJayvion

Sibling names for Krish

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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