Vishnu
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Vishnu is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Vishnu mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Vishnu a girl's or a boy's name?
Vishnu is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vishnu in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Vishnu, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2012, with 14 boys.
2025 had more boys named Vishnu than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Vishnu in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Vishnu in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Vishnu in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Vishnu, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 65 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Vishnu in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vishnu in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 52 | #2,450 |
| 2008 | 46 | #2,683 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,094 |
| 2006 | 49 | #2,476 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,697 |
| 2004 | 48 | #2,340 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,345 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 42 | #2,294 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
Names like Vishnu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Vihaan, Viraj, Yuvraj, Veer, Shivansh, Dhruv, Vansh, Pranav, Prithvi, Vedansh, Vikram
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veda
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, “Vishnu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vishnu, updated 20 October 2026.