# Ishani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ishani/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Ish |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,250 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,250 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 386, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 3,373 |
| 2012 | 37 | 4,078 |
| 2013 | 51 | 3,197 |
| 2014 | 66 | 2,660 |
| 2015 | 58 | 2,977 |
| 2016 | 53 | 3,118 |
| 2017 | 55 | 2,982 |
| 2018 | 54 | 3,024 |
| 2019 | 44 | 3,525 |
| 2020 | 59 | 2,798 |
| 2021 | 54 | 3,048 |
| 2022 | 42 | 3,671 |
| 2023 | 58 | 2,916 |
| 2024 | 51 | 3,136 |
| 2025 | 68 | 2,569 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,497 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,586 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,351 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,454 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: ईशानी

## 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.