Given name
Rishab
“one who is musically talented”
Rishab is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who is musically talented.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is musically talented.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rishab through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 644
- 644 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,112 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −52%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,112 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 47 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 791 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rishab’s family of names
Rishab has a related form in Rishaub. Rishab has a related form in Rishawb. Rishab has a related form in Ryshab.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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