Fun Facts About the Name Krishan
- 417 babies named Krishan: U.S. records list 417 babies given the name Krishan from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Krishan Mean?
Krishan is a variant spelling of Krishna, a name taken from Sanskrit. It comes from the Sanskrit adjective kṛṣṇa, which means "black, dark, dark blue." The word is built on the root kṛṣ, and the color term is the name given to the Hindu god Krishna, so the name is commonly understood literally as "the dark one" or "the black one." In devotional tradition the name is also explained as "the one who attracts," from a root kṛṣ meaning "to draw or attract." That reading is a later religious interpretation; the older and more widely accepted sense of the word is the color term.
Krishan Name History & Origins
The name appears early in Sanskrit literature. In the Chandogya Upanishad, Krishna son of Devaki is named as a pupil of the teacher Ghora Angirasa. The fuller epic and devotional figure of Krishna takes shape in the Mahabharata and the Bhagavata Purana, where he is a central deity and the speaker of the Bhagavad Gita.
As the name spread with Hindu practice across South Asia, regional languages and scripts produced different transliterations. Modern English and Indian spellings include Krishna, Krishn, Kishan, and Krishan. The form Krishan, with a final -an, is one of the common ways the name is written and pronounced in northern India and in Indian communities abroad, and it is used as a given name in its own right.
How Popular is the Name Krishan?
Krishan 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 2002. Its best rank was #3,444 in 1993.
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 | #10,250 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #8,685 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #10,148 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #7,920 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #9,336 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #6,954 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #11,502 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #7,330 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #7,337 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #7,331 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #11,654 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #8,501 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #11,831 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #8,706 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #8,620 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #4,789 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 2005 | #6,065 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2004 | #4,354 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2003 | #6,527 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #4,131 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2001 | #5,541 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #5,464 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #4,911 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #4,540 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #5,137 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #3,769 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #3,507 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1994 | #3,839 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1993 | #3,444 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1992 | #4,027 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1991 | #6,261 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #6,163 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #5,959 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #5,487 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #7,617 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #5,900 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #6,081 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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