Abhishek

Where Abhishek comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).
— Wiktionary's entry for Abhishek
  • Sanskrit
Along the way
  1. 1981
    First appearance
    #6,262 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1999
    Peak, #1,710
    61 babies named Abhishek — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2006
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,602.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.