Ishaq

Peak · boys
2025 · 45 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
708
since 1977

Ishaq over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ishaq has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,79845
2024#3,00141
2023#3,00541
2022#3,41234
2021#3,36234
2020#3,81127
2019#3,20136
2018#3,52431
2017#3,37833
2016#3,35833
2015#3,02238
2014#3,09036
2013#3,86426
2012#4,13124
2011#4,11024
2010#6,03614
2009#7,23611
2008#5,48716
2007#5,90114
2006#8,7328
2005#7,09610
2004#4,79317
2003#5,03515
2002#6,52210
2001#5,14214
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1999#8,7046
1998#8,4796
1997#9,2655
1996#5,53510
1995#5,9289
1994#5,8689
1993#6,2288
1992#7,4226
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five boys were named Ishaq! It came in at #5,123, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1978–1989, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ishaq is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,113 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,039 boysMINew York: #798 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 4,966 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #1,022 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,953 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ishaq, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#798 · 1 in 4,966
  2. New Jersey#1,022 · 1 in 7,953
  3. Michigan#1,113 · 1 in 8,039

Best ever in a state: #798 in New York, 2025.

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New York#798171 in 4,966
New Jersey#1,02251 in 7,953
Michigan#1,11351 in 8,039
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See more about Ishaq
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 203 spots since 2024 (#3,001 → #2,798)
  • 1,013 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #2,798)
  • 224 spots since 2015 (#3,022 → #2,798)
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 2025 at #2,798 (45 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
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 37,957
  • Highest: 1 in 37,957 boys born in 2025 were named Ishaq (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 41.7% of all boys named Ishaq (295) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s6#5,123 (1977)#5,123
1980s5#6,523 (1985)#6,523
1990s65#5,535 (1996)#7,179
2000s115#4,793 (2004)#6,216
2010s295#3,022 (2015)#3,771
2020s222#2,798 (2025)#3,232

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.

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