boys:
2.6k births since 1982
#2486 (46th percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1982
#5270 (32nd percentile)
The name Ishan is the #5,270 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,582 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 31.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,486 (45.8% percentile) for all time with 2,582 births since 1982.
Ishan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (first recorded for boys in 1982). Birth data for Ishan is available in 38 out of the 42 years between 1982 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, Ishan reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 15.9% percentile (ranked #758) with 70 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 70 births per million (ranked 15.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ishan ranks #843 for boys (7.5% percentile) with 40 births per million, which is 57.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ishan".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Ishan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.7% confident that Ishan is pronounced as ih-SHAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is IH-shuhn, at 37.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like IH0 SH AA1 N) 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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