# Vishal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vishal/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,734 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,734 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 337, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विशाल (viśāla).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 44 | 2,764 |
| 2008 | 40 | 3,003 |
| 2009 | 18 | 5,311 |
| 2010 | 19 | 5,034 |
| 2011 | 18 | 5,186 |
| 2012 | 14 | 6,282 |
| 2013 | 18 | 5,157 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,711 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,300 |
| 2016 | 15 | 6,039 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,638 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,932 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12,234 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14,138 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,773 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 27 | 710 |
| 2003 | 23 | 865 |
| 2004 | 22 | 938 |
| 2005 | 14 | 1,377 |
| 2006 | 14 | 1,401 |
| 2007 | 11 | 1,756 |
| 2008 | 11 | 1,828 |
| 2009 | 10 | 1,981 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,400 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |

## 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.