Rishi

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rishi: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rishi: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #424 in 2004, and it stood at #1,460 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#424highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#520
1997	#493
1998	#519
1999	#440
2000	#596
2001	#814
2002	#468
2003	#599
2004	#424
2005	#512
2006	#574
2007	#508
2008	#508
2009	#532
2010	#552
2011	#652
2012	#765
2013	#603
2014	#632
2015	#633
2016	#884
2017	#906
2018	#835
2019	#1056
2020	#719
2021	#790
2022	#862
2023	#857
2024	#1460

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #584 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #857 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #520 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #424 among boys in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1460 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Rishi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rishi in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	158	4 of 10	40
2000sbusiest	500	10 of 10	50
2010s	452	10 of 10	45
2020s	178	5 of 10	36

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 50 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2003 and 2004, when recorded births rose by 28, from 37 to 65.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rishi appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #424 in England and Wales in 2004.

Rishi's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#857	37	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#862	36	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#719	46	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1056	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#835	37	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#906	34	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#884	35	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#633	55	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#632	54	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#603	57	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#765	42	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#652	50	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#552	62	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#532	64	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#508	68	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#508	64	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#574	51	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#512	53	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#424	65	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#599	37	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#468	46	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#814	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#596	31	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#440	49	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#519	37	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#493	38	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#520	34	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #424, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 68 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2023, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Rishan · #1568, 23y
Rishika · #1983, 22y
Rita · #25, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Annie-Mae · #424, 26y
Azaria · #424, 29y
Jago · #424, 29y
Adeola · #423, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Annie-Mae · #424, 26y
Azaria · #424, 29y
Bree · #424, 29y
Enna · #424, 16y

Rishi was ranked #424 in England and Wales · Boys in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rishi and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rishi without appearing here.

Rishi moved ahead of

Ross Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1056 and #894 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #719 and #1723.
Courtney Compare
In 2001 they stood at #814 and #786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #468 and #907.
Barry Compare
In 2001 they stood at #814 and #786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #468 and #824.
Jon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #508 and #492 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #508 and #789.

Moved ahead of Rishi

Eoin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #857 and #1018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1460 and #945.
Conan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #857 and #987 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1460 and #1025.
Oisin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #719 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #790 and #433.
Ollie Compare
In 2000 they stood at #596 and #673 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #814 and #482.

Moved the opposite way to Rishi

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rishi went from #520 to #1460 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rishi went from #520 to #1460 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rishi went from #520 to #1460 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rishi went from #520 to #1460 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Rishi

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rishi went from #520 to #1460 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rishi went from #520 to #1460 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rishi went from #520 to #1460 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rishi went from #520 to #1460 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #424 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Rishi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Rishi at a glance

Rishi by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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