girls:
112 births since 2006
#5604 (2nd percentile)
boys:
7 births since 1979
#4579 (0th percentile)
overall:
119 births since 1979
#7620 (2nd percentile)
The name Ishi is the #7,620 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 119 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 1.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,604 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 112 births since 2006. For boys, it ranks #4,579 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 1979.
Ishi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Ishi is available in 15 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023 (14 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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.
The name Ishi has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.1% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 2006, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1979 to 2005), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2006 to 2023).
For girls, Ishi reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #959) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ishi ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 68.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ishi reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #686) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1979.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ishi".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ishi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Ishi is pronounced as EE-shee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is IH-shee, at 38.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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