Girls' name · since 1991
Ishara
Since 1991, U.S. Social Security records show 93 babies named Ishara, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,899 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,705 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 93
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
93 babies have been named Ishara since 1991, making it today's #9705 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Ishara recorded 93 times among girls since 1991, holding rank #9705 nationally today, ahead of 44% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #27,899 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,705 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 93 born since 1991
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ishara ranks #27,899 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,705 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 93 born since 1991, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,899 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,705 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 93
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ishara's 93 recorded births place it above 61.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ishara compares
93 24th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ishara's all-time total is 75% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ishara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 93 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ishara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ishara's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ishara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Ishara by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (33 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Ishara's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Ishara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 33 births (35% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ishara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ishara draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.