How popular is the name Ishaan?

Ishaan ranks 1,226th among boys' names in US records, with 7,849 births since 1982. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,480.

Is Ishaan a unisex name?

No. Ishaan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2019, when 372 children were given the name. It has been in use for 43 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Ishan. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,226 of boy names

Pronounced IH0 Z HH AA1 N (ARPABET)

Ishaan is a boys' name, and first appears in 1982. It has been given to 7,849 children — the 1,226th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2019, when 372 children were given it.

Ishan is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Ishaan and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Pronunciations:: IH0 Z HH AA1 N · IH0 Z HH AE1 N · IH1 Z HH AA1 N · IH1 Z HH AE1 N
Stress pattern:: 01 · 01 · 11 · 11
Syllables:: 2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Ishaan?: Ishaan ranks 1,226th among boys' names in US records, with 7,849 births since 1982. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,480.
Is Ishaan a unisex name?: No. Ishaan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Ishaan most popular?: 2019, when 372 children were given the name. It has been in use for 43 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Ishaan spelled?: Ishan. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.