Ishaan — #1000 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ishaan

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,196 babies named Ishaan between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ishaan currently holds the #1000 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 289 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ishaan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,585 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ishaan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,089 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ishaan in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ishaan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,196 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.