# Ishaan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ishaan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “ishana” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,462 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,462 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,385, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Sanskrit ईशान (īśāna, “Ishana”), a Hindu deity and guardian of the northeast direction.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 274 | 802 |
| 2012 | 234 | 893 |
| 2013 | 271 | 808 |
| 2014 | 280 | 813 |
| 2015 | 233 | 918 |
| 2016 | 242 | 897 |
| 2017 | 231 | 919 |
| 2018 | 273 | 820 |
| 2019 | 289 | 794 |
| 2020 | 269 | 846 |
| 2021 | 272 | 858 |
| 2022 | 281 | 859 |
| 2023 | 271 | 869 |
| 2024 | 225 | 999 |
| 2025 | 266 | 895 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 76 | 484 |
| 2012 | 57 | 619 |
| 2013 | 70 | 524 |
| 2014 | 70 | 534 |
| 2015 | 55 | 633 |
| 2016 | 52 | 672 |
| 2017 | 54 | 650 |
| 2018 | 59 | 610 |
| 2019 | 68 | 552 |
| 2020 | 57 | 619 |
| 2021 | 77 | 509 |
| 2022 | 59 | 615 |
| 2023 | 62 | 593 |
| 2024 | 71 | 538 |
| 2025 | 79 | 487 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.