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Ishani

Girls' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,564 among girls
Births in 2025
68 1,250 since 1880
Typical age
11 years, median

Ishani popularity over time

Ishani rank by birth year, 1989–2025Ishani ranked #12,362 in 1989 and #2,564 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #2,564, in 2025.#10,000#2,5641990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1989–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 2025: 68 births recorded as Ishani. The name does not appear in the data until 1989. In 2025 it ranked #2,564 with 68 births.

Year on year the rank improved by 555.

Babies named Ishani per yearPeaks at 68 births in 2025.68 in 202501990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Ishani?

Roughly 1,200 Ishanis are alive in the US right now. That is out of 1,250 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 Ishani?

The typical living Ishani is 11 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Ishani a current name.

Your Ishani

Ages of living people named IshaniHalf of living Ishanis are older than 11 and half younger.median 11020
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Ishani is most common

The name is concentrated in California, at 1.5× the national rate.

Where Ishani is used more than average1 states use the name Ishani more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: 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: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.5× 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: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 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 Ishani is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 85 1.5×

Ishani in England and Wales

ONS recorded 21 births named Ishani in 2025, ranking it #1,454. That is 24% 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 Ishani comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Sanskrit.

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

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