Ishaan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ishaan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ishaan: Recorded since 1996, it reached #454 in 2022, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#454highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1999	#2097
2000	#1241
2001	#947
2002	#907
2003	#1248
2004	#1077
2005	#705
2006	#814
2007	#638
2008	#481
2009	#457
2010	#513
2011	#484
2012	#619
2013	#524
2014	#534
2015	#633
2016	#672
2017	#650
2018	#610
2019	#552
2020	#619
2021	#509
2022	#615
2023	#593
2024	#538

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #538 among boys in England and Wales, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2025
Highest recorded position: #454 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 2008–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ishaan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,306 births with the name.

Ishaan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ishaan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#457 (2009)	#538 (2024)	27 of 29	1,306 (1996–2024)	79 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#698 (2008)	#454 (2022)	#577 (2025)	10 of 18	43 (2008–2025)	7 (2022)

Ishaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ishaan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	342	10 of 10	34
2010s	630	10 of 10	63
2020sbusiest	326	5 of 10	65

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 65 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 28, from 45 to 73.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ishaan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #454 in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Ishaan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#538	71	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#593	62	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#615	59	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#509	77	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#619	57	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#552	68	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#610	59	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#650	54	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#672	52	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#633	55	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#534	70	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#524	70	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#619	57	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#484	76	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#513	69	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#457	79	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#481	73	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#638	45	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#814	31	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#705	36	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1077	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#907	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#947	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #454, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 79 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Zena · #456, 33y
Akeem · #451, 29y
Cloe · #457, 30y
Immanuel · #451, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ruqayyah · #454, 29y
Jeevan · #453, 29y
Danyaal · #452, 29y
Kofi · #452, 29y

Ishaan was ranked #454 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ishaan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ishaan without appearing here.

Ishaan moved ahead of

Willow Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #705 and #3849.
Nicola Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #907 and #3225.
Joakim Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #947 and #3134.
Malin Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #947 and #3134.

Moved ahead of Ishaan

Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #481 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #457 and #311.
Carter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #532 and #604 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #611 and #542.
Teddy Compare
In 2009 they stood at #532 and #604 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #611 and #542.
Kasper Compare
In 2013 they stood at #524 and #560 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #534 and #527.

Moved the opposite way to Ishaan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ishaan went from #2863 to #538 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ishaan went from #2863 to #538 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ishaan went from #2863 to #538 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ishaan went from #2863 to #538 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Ishaan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ishaan went from #2863 to #538 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ishaan went from #2863 to #538 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ishaan went from #2863 to #538 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ishaan went from #2863 to #538 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #454 in Republic of Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ishaan

Ishaan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ishaan across 2 official records

Ishaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ishaan at a glance

Ishaan across 2 official records

Ishaan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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