Rishab
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning bull; the first sign of the zodiac.
Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Rishab by the numbers
Rishab was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 47 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rishab. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rishabhbest, most excellent; the first Tirthankara in Jainism34 in the US (2017)
- Rishavexcellence, superior quality6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rishan9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rashadwise counsel; rightly guided208 in the US (2017)
- Rishisage; seer; poet28 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rishaanone who flows or moves; variant of Rishi18 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Rishab
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