Fun Facts About the Name Krisha
- More than 2 thousand babies named Krisha: U.S. records list 2,510 babies given the name Krisha from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Krisha Mean?
Krisha is a feminine name usually understood as a shortened form of the Sanskrit name Krishna (कृष्ण), whose plain sense is "black," "dark," or "dark blue." The classical feminine form of the word is kṛṣṇā (कृष्णा), and Krisha matches the trimmed shape the name often takes in modern use. In Hindu tradition the word is best known as a name of the god Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu; the color term at its base refers to a dark complexion, not to a moral quality. Devotional writers within Vaishnavism sometimes explain the name as "the all-attractive one," connecting it with a Sanskrit root for drawing or attracting, but that is a religious reading added to the word's literal meaning of "dark."
Krisha Name History & Origins
The word kṛṣṇa belongs to Sanskrit, and as Krishna it names one of the most widely worshiped Hindu deities. From the god's name, personal names spread across South Asia in forms such as Krishna, Krishnan, and Krushna. The feminine Krishnaa appears in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata as a name of Draupadi, and the classical kṛṣṇā is also the ordinary word for "a dark woman."
Krisha keeps the opening of the name and drops the final -na, producing a form that ends in -a, the common shape of feminine names in many Indian languages. The single -s and the missing -na reflect modern spelling habits rather than a separate Sanskrit word. The name is used mainly in India and among families of Indian descent in Trinidad, Guyana, Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa, Britain, and the United States, regions where Indian personal names arrived with nineteenth- and twentieth-century migration. In English-speaking countries the spelling also stands on its own, sometimes chosen with the Krishna connection in mind and sometimes simply as a short feminine name.
How Popular is the Name Krisha?
Krisha has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2017. Its best rank was #1,793 in 1978.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,501 | 71 | 0.0044% |
| 2024 | #2,118 | 90 | 0.0056% |
| 2023 | #2,918 | 58 | 0.0036% |
| 2022 | #2,327 | 80 | 0.0049% |
| 2021 | #2,198 | 85 | 0.0052% |
| 2020 | #2,141 | 85 | 0.0053% |
| 2019 | #2,552 | 69 | 0.0041% |
| 2018 | #2,492 | 71 | 0.0042% |
| 2017 | #2,027 | 97 | 0.0056% |
| 2016 | #2,215 | 87 | 0.0049% |
| 2015 | #2,227 | 85 | 0.0048% |
| 2014 | #2,433 | 75 | 0.0042% |
| 2013 | #2,471 | 73 | 0.0042% |
| 2012 | #2,248 | 84 | 0.0048% |
| 2011 | #2,975 | 58 | 0.0033% |
| 2010 | #2,711 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 2009 | #2,793 | 64 | 0.0035% |
| 2008 | #3,190 | 53 | 0.0028% |
| 2007 | #3,150 | 55 | 0.0029% |
| 2006 | #3,156 | 53 | 0.0028% |
| 2005 | #3,073 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 2004 | #3,667 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2003 | #4,880 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2002 | #4,451 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2001 | #7,152 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #8,891 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #13,585 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #7,346 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #6,341 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1996 | #4,392 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1995 | #4,038 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1994 | #4,615 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1993 | #4,174 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1992 | #4,778 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1991 | #3,883 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1990 | #3,760 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1989 | #3,214 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1988 | #4,094 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1987 | #3,220 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 1986 | #3,231 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1985 | #3,572 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1984 | #3,465 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1983 | #3,196 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 1982 | #3,218 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1981 | #2,142 | 48 | 0.0029% |
| 1980 | #2,563 | 37 | 0.0022% |
| 1979 | #3,201 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 1978 | #1,793 | 57 | 0.0037% |
| 1977 | #1,840 | 55 | 0.0036% |
| 1976 | #2,513 | 32 | 0.0022% |
| 1975 | #1,847 | 50 | 0.0034% |
| 1974 | #1,945 | 44 | 0.0030% |
| 1973 | #3,546 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1972 | #3,630 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1971 | #3,572 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1970 | #3,955 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1969 | #5,244 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #6,617 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #7,295 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #6,174 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #5,053 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #5,220 | 8 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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