# Rishi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rishi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “rishi”, “sage” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,142 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,142 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,316, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛṣi, “rishi, sage”), via New Indo-Aryan languages, such as Punjabi ਰਿਸ਼ੀ (riśī). Compare rishi.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 135 | 1,276 |
| 2012 | 129 | 1,326 |
| 2013 | 142 | 1,248 |
| 2014 | 114 | 1,443 |
| 2015 | 134 | 1,324 |
| 2016 | 134 | 1,337 |
| 2017 | 121 | 1,432 |
| 2018 | 115 | 1,505 |
| 2019 | 129 | 1,385 |
| 2020 | 156 | 1,213 |
| 2021 | 161 | 1,205 |
| 2022 | 210 | 1,051 |
| 2023 | 229 | 969 |
| 2024 | 193 | 1,113 |
| 2025 | 207 | 1,059 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 652 |
| 2012 | 42 | 765 |
| 2013 | 57 | 603 |
| 2014 | 54 | 632 |
| 2015 | 55 | 633 |
| 2016 | 35 | 884 |
| 2017 | 34 | 906 |
| 2018 | 37 | 835 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | 46 | 719 |
| 2021 | 41 | 790 |
| 2022 | 36 | 862 |
| 2023 | 37 | 857 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,066 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: ऋषि
- Japanese: リシ

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.