Ishaan
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning sun or offering of the sun.
Babies a year
79
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#895
up from #998
UK popularity
#487
79 babies · up from #538
How Ishaan has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #918 |
| 2016 | #897 |
| 2017 | #919 |
| 2018 | #820 |
| 2019 | #794 |
| 2020 | #845 |
| 2021 | #859 |
| 2022 | #857 |
| 2023 | #869 |
| 2024 | #998 |
| 2025 | #895 |
Ishaan by the numbers
In 2025, 79 babies in England and Wales were named Ishaan. In the US, 231 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 280 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ishaan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean the sun
Like Ishaan, each of these has the sun in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Cyrussun; royal name from ancient Persia729 in the US (2017)
- Apollogreek god of music, poetry, and sun525 in the US (2017)
- Eliansun; diminutive of Elias or form of Helios486 in the US (2017)
- Samsonhis name is sun; strong as the sun430 in the US (2017)
- Reyanshpart of the sun; ray of light382 in the US (2017)
- Sunnybright or cheerful like the sun69 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Ishaan
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