Krishna

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A few things about Krishna you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Krishna

Krishna Sobti

Indian writer (1925–2019)

Choose Krishna and your child shares a first name with Krishna Sobti, an Indian writer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Krishna, like who?” Krishna Sobti's Wikipedia article is available in 30 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Mukul Dube from Delhi, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 24,752 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Krishna, 69 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Krishna would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryKrishna first shows up in US birth records in 1957, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 68 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2004, when it reached #1,653.
• 🚀TrendKrishna has climbed 397 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #2,108. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• ⚖️Boy or girlKrishna is given to both boys and girls: 81% of the 85 babies named Krishna in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningIn Sanskrit, Krishna means “dark, black”.
• 🌍OriginKrishna is the #2 most popular Latvian boy name in the US. That's out of 19 Latvian boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Krishna

Krishna is a gender-neutral name of Latvian origin meaning “dark, black”. It has 7 letters and 2 syllables, starting with K and ending in “-hna”. US birth records list Krishna for boys from 1957 to 2025, in 64 of those 69 years. Its best year was 2004, when it ranked #1,653 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #2,108, with 69 babies. Of the 85 US babies named Krishna in 2025, 19% were girls and 81% were boys.

Origin:Latvian names