Ishaal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-SHAAL
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Ishaal is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
Where does Ishaal come from?
Modern name used by Pakistani families; origin uncertain
Is Ishaal a girl's or a boy's name?
Ishaal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ishaal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ishaal, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ishaal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 106 girls in the UK were given Ishaal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #419, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Ishaal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
Names like Ishaal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Summer, Raya, Maya, Ayah, Aisha, Hafsa, Inaya, Anaya, Aaliyah, Ayat
Other spellings of Ishaal
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ishaal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ishaal, updated 20 October 2026.