How rare is the name Ishaan?

4,039 people in the United States have the first name Ishaan, about 1 in 74,779. It ranks #4,557 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ISHAAN

#4,557

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,039
About
1 in 74,779
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,039 people named Ishaan, 90.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.9% as two or more races and 2.3% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ishaan peaked in 2019, when 289 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19902025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
289
In 2025*
266 ▼8%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,462 babies have been given the name since 1990. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ishaan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,850. The largest share of babies named Ishaan, 62.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#15,21077
2000s#2,8921,216
2010s#1,8582,585
2020s#1,8501,584
Millennials 1981–960.5%
Generation Z 1997–1237.1%
2013 and later62.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ishaan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ishaan has been most common in New Jersey (4.1×), Washington (2.8×), and California (2.5×), and least common in Michigan (0.58×).

4,470 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ishaan

#4,555 Toan · 4,044#4,556 Mayte · 4,040#4,558 Ronna · 4,038#4,559 Hali · 4,037

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ishaan, most common first.

#5,644 Ishan · 2,997

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