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Vishal

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Vishal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
50.00% of boys
Peak year
200372 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1970
1,729people given the name
Babies named Vishal, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,729 boys have been named Vishal in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 72 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 31%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Vishal
1970s118
1980s445
1990s540
2000s487
2010s122
2020s17

In 2003, its biggest year

Vishal was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2003 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Andrew. See all of 2003.

Names that rose and fell with Vishal

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.