Ishan

#1,867 for boys in 2025, 84 births

Peak · boys
2009 · 148 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,737
since 1982

Ishan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ishan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202011peak #1,214, 2009boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,86784
2024#2,12070
2023#2,04773
2022#1,91781
2021#1,77090
2020#1,89578
2019#1,82383
2018#1,606102
2017#1,73589
2016#1,491114
2015#1,468114
2014#1,506107
2013#1,64792
2012#1,65793
2011#1,344126
2010#1,331128
2009#1,214148
2008#1,399121
2007#1,68190
2006#1,56294
2005#1,431103
2004#1,384103
2003#1,61178
2002#1,51482
2001#1,41588
2000#1,64171
1999#2,09845
1998#2,50734
1997#2,61330
1996#3,20222
1995#3,55918
1994#3,59618
1993#6,2288
1992#3,10521
1991#5,5219
1990#6,4157
1989#6,9416
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1986#6,7215
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First appearance
1982

The first year at least five boys were named Ishan! It came in at #5,619, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1983–1986, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ishan is popular in 2011

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedMNIllinois: #965 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 8,470 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedMINew York: #1,574 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 17,406 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,158 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 12,175 boysPANew Jersey: #415 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,650 boysNJConnecticut: #444 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,925 boysCTCalifornia: #895 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 9,598 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedWVVirginia: #932 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,259 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedALGeorgia: #892 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,874 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ishan, so not publishedHITexas: #1,271 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 14,587 boysTXFlorida: #1,413 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 15,335 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#415 · 1 in 2,650
  2. Connecticut#444 · 1 in 2,925
  3. Georgia#892 · 1 in 6,874
  4. California#895 · 1 in 9,598
  5. Virginia#932 · 1 in 8,259

Best ever in a state: #408 in New Jersey, 2009.

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New Jersey#415161 in 2,650
Connecticut#44451 in 2,925
Georgia#89281 in 6,874
California#895241 in 9,598
Virginia#93251 in 8,259
Illinois#96581 in 8,470
Pennsylvania#1,15851 in 12,175
Texas#1,271121 in 14,587
Florida#1,41361 in 15,335
New York#1,57461 in 17,406
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ishan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 253 spots since 2024 (#2,120 → #1,867)
  • 28 spots since 2020 (#1,895 → #1,867)
  • 399 spots since 2015 (#1,468 → #1,867)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 2009 at #1,214 (148 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,403
  • Highest: 1 in 13,403 boys born in 2009 were named Ishan (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 20,334 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 38.3% of all boys named Ishan (1,048) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s23#5,619 (1982)#6,343
1990s212#2,098 (1999)#3,884
2000s978#1,214 (2009)#1,485
2010s1,048#1,331 (2010)#1,561
2020s476#1,770 (2021)#1,936

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ishan in 2011

boys
#1,344
126 births · 1 in 15,073 boys

Top boys' names in 2011

  1. #1Jacob20,403
  2. #2Mason19,530
  3. #3William17,362
  4. #4Jayden17,019
  5. #5Noah16,883
  6. #6Michael16,823
  7. #7Ethan16,702
  8. #8Alexander15,717
  9. #9Aiden15,520
  10. #10Daniel15,307
  11. #1,344Ishan126
More about 2011

boys

1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 15,073 of them was named Ishan, which outranked 90.6% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ishan
  1. #1,331Rowdy127
  2. #1,331Terence127
  3. #1,331Trenten127
  4. #1,344Ishan126
  5. #1,344Deion126
  6. #1,344Eliyahu126
  7. #1,344Grey126
  8. #1,350Avraham125
  9. #1,350Benito125
  10. #1,350Deshaun125

Tied with 5 names at #1,344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2010
Risers
  1. ↑ 869Flynn#1,806 → #937
  2. ↑ 601Raylan#1,299 → #698
  3. ↑ 415Brantley#735 → #320
  4. ↑ 405Bowen#1,127 → #722
  5. ↑ 328Crosby#1,068 → #740
Fallers
  1. ↓ 336Jencarlos#928 → #1,264
  2. ↓ 308Keshawn#997 → #1,305
  3. ↓ 284Octavio#928 → #1,212
  4. ↓ 268Talan#976 → #1,244
  5. ↓ 242Antony#956 → #1,198

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2011 →