Ishana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-SHAH-na
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Ishana is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Ishana mean?
Sanskrit: from isana
“ruler”
Ishana is a name of Shiva as guardian of the north-east.
Is Ishana a girl's or a boy's name?
Ishana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ishana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ishana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ishana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Ishana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Ishana, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Ishana in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ishana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
Names like Ishana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Arya, Anvika, Akshara, Divisha, Aadhya, Anaya, Varnika, Viha, Krisha, Vihana, Aarya
Names related to Ishana
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ishana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ishana, updated 20 October 2026.