Ishaan

Ishaan was the #893 boys' name in the US in 2025 (266 babies), and #487 in England & Wales and #555 in Canada.

Ishaan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ishaan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Ishaan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#893 (266)#487 (79)—#577 (5)#555 (52)
2024#998 (225)#538 (71)—#785 (3)#542 (51)
2023#868 (271)#593 (62)—#770 (3)#561 (48)
2022#859 (281)#615 (59)—#454 (7)#582 (46)
2021#858 (272)#509 (77)—#498 (6)#521 (55)
2020#846 (269)#619 (57)#599 (4)—#564 (46)
2019#794 (289)#552 (68)—#646 (4)#563 (48)
2018#820 (273)#610 (59)——#618 (42)
2017#919 (231)#650 (54)——#695 (36)
2016#897 (242)#672 (52)——#646 (41)
2015#918 (233)#633 (55)——#715 (35)
2014#812 (280)#534 (70)#680 (3)—#715 (35)
2013#806 (271)#524 (70)——#625 (41)
2012#893 (234)#619 (57)——#640 (38)
2011#802 (274)#484 (76)—#730 (3)#475 (57)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #794.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ishaan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,900 to 1 in 8,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ishaan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #905MINew York: #745NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #710OHPennsylvania: #704PANew Jersey: #429NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #582CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #775NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #625GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #876TXFlorida: #958FL
Ishaan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#37835

Ishaan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IshaanCanadaBoys#55552
IshaanEngland & WalesBoys#48779
IshaanIrelandBoys#5775
IshaanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
IshaanScotlandBoys—too few
IshaanUSBoys#893266