MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rishabh mean?
Rishabh is Sanskrit ṛṣabha, a bull. Figuratively the word denotes the foremost of a group. It also names the first Tirthankara. In Indian music, Rishabh is the second note of the scale.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
ऋषभ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रिषभ
Letter-by-letter: riṣabha
5,133 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rishabh in Indian usage
28,117 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 192 records (0.7%).
- Recorded as male: 27,925 records (99.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 189 |
| 1960s | 394 |
| 1970s | 598 |
| 1980s | 4,058 |
| 1990s | 22,755 |
| Other decades | 123 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 13,028 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,520 |
| Rajasthan | 2,881 |
| Bihar | 2,343 |
| Delhi | 1,975 |
| Haryana | 1,070 |
| Uttarakhand | 940 |
| Jharkhand | 668 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 484 |
| Other states | 208 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Rishabh / M | 3 | 5,137 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Rishabh; Table_6, C6297 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Rishabh; Table_6, C6297
- Monier-Williams, ṛṣabha, p. 1323,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.