Vishal
Vishal (विशाल) is a name for males. Vishal means great, grandeur, magnificence, prominence, and eminence. The meaning is also attributive to the property of being grand.
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
- Punjabi
Meaning & Origin of Vishal
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vishal (विशाल) is a name for males. Vishal means great, grandeur, magnificence, prominence, and eminence. The meaning is also attributive to the property of being grand.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
- Punjabi
- Telugu
- Tamil
- Kannada
- Bengali
Etymology
The Story of Vishal
American parents first put Vishal on the record books as a baby boy name in 1970, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2003, when 72 Vishals were born — ranking #1,702 that year. About 31% of every Vishal on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Vishal last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Vishal
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Vishal. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Bishal
Names that sound like Vishal
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About the name Vishal
Vishal is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Vishal's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #1,702. Use the chart and map above to compare Vishal's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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