Unisex name · since 2020
Ishimwe
Since 2020, U.S. Social Security records show 32 babies named Ishimwe, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #40,185 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,773 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
32 babies have been named Ishimwe since 2020, making it today's #16773 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Ishimwe recorded 32 times among girls since 2020, holding rank #16773 nationally today, ahead of 3% 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 2020 to 2025.
- #40,185 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,773 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 32 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ishimwe ranks #40,185 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,773 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 32 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #40,185 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,773 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ishimwe's 32 recorded births place it above 44.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ishimwe compares
32 11th 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
Ishimwe's all-time total is 91% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ishimwe | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 32 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ishimwe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ishimwe's full recorded timeline at 2023, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ishimwe popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Ishimwe popularity over time - boys
30 total births recorded since 2020 (Ishimwe as boys' name)
Ishimwe by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Ishimwe's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ishimwe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ishimwe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~5 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, 2020–2025 (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 Ishimwe 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.