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How popular is the name Ishaq?

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

Ishaq (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 679th in 2025 with 53 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2014, when 63 babies were given the name, the 566th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2024, with 61 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 862 in 2022 before climbing back to the 679th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.

The Ishaq you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Ishaqs born in England and Wales are between 6 and 18, and there are at least 1,200 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 Ishaq - on average, only one in every 253 such rooms contains a Ishaq.

How many babies are named Ishaq each year?

0204060200020201996: 61997: 131998: 131999: 102000: 182001: 152002: 222003: 272004: 212005: 202006: 332007: 382008: 412009: 452010: 442011: 562012: 482013: 542014: 632015: 562016: 572017: 532018: 572019: 502020: 522021: 462022: 362023: 562024: 612025: 53actual

Where does Ishaq rank among boys' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 1,7651997: ranked 1,0521998: ranked 1,0551999: ranked 1,2812000: ranked 8812001: ranked 1,0272002: ranked 8242003: ranked 7612004: ranked 9702005: ranked 1,0472006: ranked 7642007: ranked 7312008: ranked 7122009: ranked 6752010: ranked 6992011: ranked 6152012: ranked 6952013: ranked 6322014: ranked 5662015: ranked 6292016: ranked 6212017: ranked 6612018: ranked 6292019: ranked 6782020: ranked 6562021: ranked 7382022: ranked 8622023: ranked 6382024: ranked 6222025: ranked 679

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 Ishaq per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 63 in 2014
Ishaq: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Ishaq most popular?

Ishaq peaked in 2014, when 63 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Ishaq?

At least 1,200 people named Ishaq born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Ishaq?

Most living Ishaqs are between 6 and 18; the most common age is about 11.

Is Ishaq becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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