Ishi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ISH-ee
Ishi is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Is Ishi a girl's or a boy's name?
Ishi is a girls' name.
How popular is Ishi in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Ishi in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ishi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
Names like Ishi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi, Anvi, Navi, Aashvi, Dhriti, Sanvi, Nirvi, Vaani, Aarvi, Ishanvi, Prisha, Shanvi
Names related to Ishi
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ishi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ishi, updated 20 October 2026.