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Rishik

Boy · RISH-ik · Sanskrit

Rishik is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).

Where does Rishik come from?

Sanskrit: probably built on Sanskrit rishi 'sage, seer'

Say it
RISH-ik

Is Rishik a girl's or a boy's name?

Rishik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rishik in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 7 boys.

2006Busiest: 7 in 20202024
Rishik in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20245#3,772
20234#4,335
20226#3,219
20215#3,614
20207#2,819
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20156#3,149
20145#3,529
20130–
20124#4,147
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20064#3,522

How popular is Rishik in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,239among boys
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 190,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 26% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Rishik, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.

2025 had fewer boys named Rishik than any year since 2008.

Half of all the boys named Rishik in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

2000Busiest: 38 in 20122025
Rishik in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#8,239
202418#5,237
202327#3,999
202218#5,211
202110#7,582
202028#3,731
201926#4,000
201819#4,914
201728#3,777
201632#3,440
201528#3,774
201435#3,152
201327#3,751
201238#3,000
201137#3,045
201026#3,893
200922#4,427
20086#11,030
20077#9,782
200610#7,422
200511#6,628
20040–
20030–
20027#8,449
20010–
20005#10,341

Names like Rishik

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