Ishaq

boys:

622 births since 1977

#3964 (14th percentile)

overall:

622 births since 1977

#7117 (8th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Ishaq is the #7,117 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 622 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 8.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,964 (13.5% percentile) for all time with 622 births since 1977.

Ishaq first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (first recorded for boys in 1977). Birth data for Ishaq is available in 34 out of the 47 years between 1977 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, Ishaq reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #875) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ishaq is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #875 (4.0% percentile) with 22 births per million.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ishaq".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
622
Peak Births
41
Peak Year
2023
First Recorded
1977
Peak Percentile
4.0%
Current Percentile
4.0%
Peak Rank
#875
Current Rank
#875
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Ishaq

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ishaq. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 66.7% confident that Ishaq is pronounced as ih-SHAHK, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is IH-shak, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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ih-SHAHK (2 syllables)
66.7% confidence
IH0 SH AA1 K
IH-shak (2 syllables)
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25.0% confidence
IH1 SH AE0 K
IH-shahk (2 syllables)
8.3% confidence
IH1 SH AA0 K

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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