Ishaan Boy
How popular is Ishaan?
#893 boy name in 2025
266 baby boys were named Ishaan in the US in 2025, making it the 893rd most popular boy name.
Ishaan popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #893 for boys (▲ 105 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 266 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #918 in 2015, #846 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (289 boys) |
| Highest rank | #794 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1990 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ishaan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ishaan family of names ranked #711 for boys in 2025 (#779 the year before), with 345 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ishaan | 266 | 77% |
| Izhaan | 79 | 23% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ishaan is most popular
Babies named Ishaan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.4 per 1,000 (88 boys)
- Washington: 0.4 per 1,000 (60 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.3 per 1,000 (47 boys)
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (273 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (60 boys)
Ishaan by decade
Boy names about as popular as Ishaan
Questions
- Is Ishaan a boy or girl name?
- Ishaan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ishaan were boys.
- How popular is the name Ishaan?
- 266 baby boys were named Ishaan in the US in 2025, making it the 893rd most popular boy name.
- When was Ishaan most popular?
- Ishaan peaked in 2019, when 289 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #794 in 2019.
- How many people are named Ishaan?
- 5,462 babies have been named Ishaan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,420 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Ishaan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ishaan was most common in New Jersey, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.