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How popular is the name Ishaaq?

Births per year, rank history and how many Ishaaqs are alive today.

Ishaaq (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 822nd in 2025 with 39 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2015, when 44 babies were given the name, the 740th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 958 in 2018 before climbing back to the 822nd place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years.

The Ishaaq you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Ishaaqs born in England and Wales are between 5 and 16, and there are at least 720 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ishaaq - on average, only one in every 421 such rooms contains a Ishaaq.

How many babies are named Ishaaq each year?

02040200020201996: 51999: 82000: 102001: 52002: 92003: 132004: 102005: 122006: 172007: 202008: 212009: 132010: 242011: 262012: 222013: 282014: 272015: 442016: 442017: 382018: 302019: 362020: 312021: 442022: 412023: 392024: 332025: 39actual

Where does Ishaaq rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,0201999: ranked 1,5052000: ranked 1,3302001: ranked 2,2202002: ranked 1,5192003: ranked 1,2482004: ranked 1,5962005: ranked 1,5342006: ranked 1,2242007: ranked 1,1692008: ranked 1,1562009: ranked 1,6492010: ranked 1,1092011: ranked 1,0242012: ranked 1,1912013: ranked 1,0012014: ranked 1,0352015: ranked 7402016: ranked 7582017: ranked 8332018: ranked 9582019: ranked 8442020: ranked 9212021: ranked 7612022: ranked 7842023: ranked 8272024: ranked 9452025: ranked 822

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Ishaaq per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 44 in 2015
Ishaaq: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Ishaaq most popular?

Ishaaq peaked in 2015, when 44 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Ishaaq?

At least 720 people named Ishaaq born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Ishaaq?

Most living Ishaaqs are between 5 and 16; the most common age is about 10.

Is Ishaaq becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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