Abhishek

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Meaning

Abhishek is a male given name that has its roots in the Sanskrit word abhiseka. The conceptual meaning of abhiseka is related to purification, cleansing or anointing.

From Wikipedia

Abhishek first appears in the data in 1981 and has been recorded in 33 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 63 babies (rank #1,758 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Abhishek

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Abhishek yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

758
Total babies (all years)
33
Years in the data
63
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19815#6,269
19837#4,915
19848#4,555
19857#5,150
19869#4,458
19879#4,574
19888#5,202
198914#3,809
199010#4,994
199112#4,477
199213#4,327
199319#3,369
199427#2,685
199526#2,762
199631#2,483
199730#2,612
199835#2,449
199961#1,710
200063#1,758
200149#2,117
200235#2,686
200338#2,620
200440#2,643
200539#2,751
200628#3,603
200729#3,590
200824#4,148
200920#4,750
201016#5,479
201119#4,821
20128#8,870
201314#5,926
20185#12,177