Ishaaq — #9465 US boys' name
154 babies named Ishaaq in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 34% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Ishaaq was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Ishaaq in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ishaaq
The Social Security Administration has registered 154 babies named Ishaaq between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ishaaq currently holds the #9465 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ishaaq performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ishaaq shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ishaaq in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ishaaq 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 154 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.
Ishaaq at a glance
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Current rank
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Ishaaq popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #9465 among boys.
154 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 16 births in a single year.
Ishaaq by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 80 births that decade — 52% of Ishaaq's all-time total
Ishaaq decade highlights
- Peak decade 80 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ishaaq's strongest decade
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Ishaaq by state
Where Ishaaq concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 3.2% |
5 of 154 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2002–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.