boys:
146 births since 2002
#4440 (3rd percentile)
overall:
146 births since 2002
#7593 (2nd percentile)
The name Ishaaq is the #7,593 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 146 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,440 (3.1% percentile) for all time with 146 births since 2002.
Ishaaq first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (first recorded for boys in 2002). Birth data for Ishaaq is available in 17 out of the 22 years between 2002 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Ishaaq reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #913) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ishaaq ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 38.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ishaaq".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ishaaq. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.3% confident that Ishaaq is pronounced as ih-SHAHK, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is IH-shahk, at 18.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like IH0 SH AA1 K) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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