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Ishaan

Boys' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~5,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#893 among boys
Births in 2025
266 5,462 since 1880
Typical age
10 years, median

Ishaan popularity over time

Ishaan rank by birth year, 1990–2025Ishaan ranked #8,117 in 1990 and #893 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #794, in 2019.#1,000#10,000#8931990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1990–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Ishaan in 2019 than in any other year — 289 of them. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1990. Ishaan has ranked inside the top 1,000 in 18 years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #893, with 266 births that year. Year on year the rank improved by 105.

Babies named Ishaan per yearPeaks at 289 births in 2019.289 in 201901990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Ishaan?

An estimated 5,400 living Americans are called Ishaan. That is out of 5,462 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Ishaan?

Half of living Ishaans are older than 10, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Ishaan a current name.

Your Ishaan

Ages of living people named IshaanHalf of living Ishaans are older than 10 and half younger.median 10020
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Ishaan is most common

Ishaan is 3.3× as common in New Jersey as it is nationally. Washington, Massachusetts and California follow.

Where Ishaan is used more than average5 states use the name Ishaan more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.5× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 3.3× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.9× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: 1.6× the national rateMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 2.1× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Ishaan is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 191 3.3×
Washington 121 2.5×
Massachusetts 83 2.1×
California 541 1.9×
Maryland 59 1.6×

Ishaan in England and Wales

ONS recorded 79 births named Ishaan in 2025, ranking it #487. That is 39% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Ishaan comes from

From Sanskrit ईशान (“Ishana”), a Hindu deity and guardian of the northeast direction.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Names similar to Ishaan

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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