Ishawn — boys' name
33 babies named Ishawn in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Ishawn was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Ishawn in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ishawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Ishawn between 2002 and 2011, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ishawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ishawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ishawn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ishawn 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 33 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.
Ishawn at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ishawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2002
- Peak year (2003)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
33 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 8 births in a single year.
Ishawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 18 births that decade — 55% of Ishawn's all-time total
Ishawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ishawn's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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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, 2002–2011 (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.