Ishita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ih-SHIH-tah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Ishita is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “mastery, superiority”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Ishita mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit ishita, from ish 'to rule'
“mastery, superiority”
Is Ishita a girl's or a boy's name?
Ishita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ishita in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ishita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ishita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
How popular is Ishita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Ishita, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had more girls named Ishita than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Ishita in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ishita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,191 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Ishita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Anvika, Divisha, Akshara, Viha, Varnika, Radhika, Krisha, Priya, Isha, Saanvika, Navya
Names related to Ishita
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, “Ishita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ishita, updated 20 October 2026.