Rishab
Boy · RISH-ub · Sanskrit
Rishab is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “bull; the best”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Rishab mean?
Sanskrit: variant of Rishabh, from Sanskrit rishabha
“bull; the best”
Rishabhanatha is the first of the twenty-four tirthankaras of Jainism.
- Say it
- RISH-ub
Is Rishab a girl's or a boy's name?
Rishab is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rishab in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rishab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rishab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Rishab in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Rishab, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had more boys named Rishab than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Rishab in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rishab in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,013 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,643 |
| 2006 | 47 | #2,541 |
| 2005 | 46 | #2,463 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
Names like Rishab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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