Ishimwe — #14942 US unisex name
27 babies named Ishimwe in U.S. Social Security records since 2020, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 15% of names given to girls today.
100% of everyone ever named Ishimwe was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Ishimwe in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ishimwe
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Ishimwe between 2020 and 2024, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ishimwe currently holds the #14942 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Ishimwe is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 23 additional births since 2020.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ishimwe performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ishimwe 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 27 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.
Ishimwe at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ishimwe popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2020
- Peak year (2022)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
Currently ranks #14942 among girls.
27 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 6 births in a single year.
Ishimwe popularity over time — boys
23 total births recorded since 2020 (Ishimwe as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Ishimwe accounts for 46% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ishimwe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 27 births that decade — 100% of Ishimwe's all-time total
Ishimwe decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Ishimwe's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 2020–2024 (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.