Ishaan

What Ishaan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ishaan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #918 in 2015 to #893 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ishaan?

US: Steady: #918 in 2015, #893 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #633 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 289 boys got the name (#794 that year). First in the US records in 1990.

How common

• About 1 in 6,421 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,442 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (0.45 per 1,000 boys), MA (0.33 per 1,000 boys), GA (0.32 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Ishaan is #893 in the US and #487 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ishaan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ishan84 US · 13 E&W
• Eshaan37 US · 13 E&W
• Eshan21 US · 17 E&W
• Ashan11 US
• Ashaun6 US
• Oshan5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ishaan

Boys

• Arjun#490Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 7 babies
• Kieran#389Editor’s note Up from #512 in 2015 to #389 in 2025 in the US
• Rohan#810“to ascend”^*
• Aarav#710“sound; loud noise”^*
• Bodhi#265Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies
• Jay#392“victory”^*

For a sister

• Anya#375Editor’s note Up from #550 in 2015 to #375 in 2025 in the US
• Lila#186“lilac”^*
• Arya#158“noble, respectable”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Avani#805“earth”^*
• Ila#718Editor’s note Up from #1,183 in 2015 to #718 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Sanskrit & Indian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ishaan’s. Rank is US 2025.