Abhishek
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Abhishek is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Abhishek mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Abhishek a girl's or a boy's name?
Abhishek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abhishek in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Abhishek, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2000, with 13 boys.
2025 had more boys named Abhishek than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Abhishek in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Abhishek in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Abhishek in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 63 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Abhishek in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abhishek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 40 | #2,639 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,113 |
| 2000 | 63 | #1,754 |
| 1999 | 61 | #1,707 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,478 |
| 1995 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Abhishek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Ravi, Ansh, Ajit, Pranav, Aviraj, Shivam, Prithvi, Arnav, Dhruv, Pranay, Atharva
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abhishek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abhishek, updated 20 October 2026.