Ishika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ISH-ih-ka
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Ishika is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “reed; brush”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
What does Ishika mean?
Sanskrit
“reed; brush”
Is Ishika a girl's or a boy's name?
Ishika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ishika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Ishika, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 26 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Ishika than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Ishika in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Ishika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 22 | #1,125 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 26 | #929 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
How popular is Ishika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,831among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Ishika, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 2001, with 72 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had fewer girls named Ishika than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Ishika in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ishika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,852 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 50 | #3,215 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,610 |
| 2017 | 53 | #3,053 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,586 |
| 2002 | 48 | #3,010 |
| 2001 | 72 | #2,232 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
Names like Ishika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Anvika Divisha Akshara Varnika Viha Saanvika Krisha Radhika Avira Vihana Hanvika
Names related to Ishika
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Ishika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ishika, updated 20 October 2026.