How many Aishanis are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Aishani are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Aishani in 2025?

Aishani ranks #6838 among US girl names in 2025, with 16 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Aishani?

About 1 in every 100,454 US girls born in 2025 was named Aishani — 16 in all.

Will my child share the name Aishani with classmates?

Aishani will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Aishani

Feminine · “Sanskrit "belonging to Ishana”

#6838 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare16 girls in 2025

Aishani is Sanskrit and it is a relational name — it does not describe its bearer directly but places her beside someone else. Ishana is an epithet of Shiva, one of his eight forms; Aishani is the feminine derived from it, meaning the consort of Ishana, which is to say Parvati.

How old is the name Aishani?

Aishani first appears in US birth records in 2000 — 25 years ago. The typical Aishani is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Aishani are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Aishani most popular?

Aishani peaked in 2013, reaching #3166 nationally. Today it ranks #6838, 3,672 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.

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Where it comes from

From Īśāna to Aishani

The story of Aishani

Sanskrit derives feminine names from masculine ones by vowel strengthening: the initial i of Ishana lengthens to ai and a feminine ending is added, giving Aishani. This is a live grammatical process, not a decorative one, and it produces a large family of goddess names from the corresponding god names. The name has been in Indian use for a long time, and the 2013 American peak reflects the second generation of post-1965 South Asian immigration choosing names that are Sanskrit rather than anglicized — a well-documented generational shift.

Meaning

Sanskrit "belonging to Ishana", an epithet of the goddess Parvati

Īśāna is one of the names of Shiva, from a root meaning to rule or to own; it also names the north-eastern direction. Aiśānī is the regular Sanskrit feminine derivation from it. The name therefore identifies Parvati by her relation to Shiva, which is a standard pattern in Sanskrit naming — Gauri, Uma and Shivani work the same way.

How the name formed

Īśāna
Aiśānī
Aishani

Related forms: ऐशानी · Aishani · Ishani

Pronouncing Aishani

eye-SHAH-nee

Three syllables with the stress on the second and the ai as a genuine diphthong, close to the English word eye. It is not ah-ee-SHAH-nee, and it should not be collapsed into the unrelated Arabic Aisha.

Nicknames for Aishani

Moderate

AishuThe standard South Asian affectionate form, using the -u ending

AshiA compression used in North Indian families

AniTakes the back of the name

What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 2000
Most girls named: 201351 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #3166reached in 2013
Change vs 2024: 0.0%16 in 2025, from 16

Aishani sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2013, with 51 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Aishani in other languages

The same name elsewhere

ऐशानी in Sanskrit — same name
Aishani in Hindi — same name
Ishani in Bengali — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New Jersey.

Aishanis among us

500

people named Aishani are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 100,454 born in 2025 was named Aishani

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

What happens to a name after it peaks

The Korena test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aishani's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Korena climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Korena's path sketches the road Aishani is walking now.

40%chance Aishani will feel “very 2010s” by 2040

Aishani, aligned on its peakKorena· peak 1971not yet written

Aishani today is about where Korena stood in 1983 — 12 years past a #3166-sized peak. By 1998, Korena had settled around #7718.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Aishani sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Aishani beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Aishani in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Aishanithis name16#6838Malana16#6838Jeannie16#6838Maxie16#6838Nicol16#6838

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths

The meaning is settled and specific, with a clear place in a living tradition.
It has a natural short form in Aishu that works in both languages.
The rhythm is regular and easy for English speakers once heard.

What to consider

It will be confused with the Arabic Aisha, which is a different name entirely.
The initial ai is read as a long A by many English speakers.
The relational meaning names a goddess by her husband, which some families weigh.

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How many Aishanis are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Aishani are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Aishani in 2025?: Aishani ranks #6838 among US girl names in 2025, with 16 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Aishani?: About 1 in every 100,454 US girls born in 2025 was named Aishani — 16 in all.
Will my child share the name Aishani with classmates?: Aishani will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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