Ishani
"I Don't Wanna Know" is a song by American singer Mario Winans, featuring American rapper P. Diddy and Irish singer Enya. The song is based on a sample of the Fugees' song "Ready or Not", which in turn samples the synthesizer riff from Enya's song "Boadicea". The drums are sampled from the end of EPMD's "You're a Customer", though the writers were not initially credited.
Meaning & Origin of Ishani
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
"I Don't Wanna Know" is a song by American singer Mario Winans, featuring American rapper P. Diddy and Irish singer Enya. The song is based on a sample of the Fugees' song "Ready or Not", which in turn samples the synthesizer riff from Enya's song "Boadicea". The drums are sampled from the end of EPMD's "You're a Customer", though the writers were not initially credited.
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The Story of Ishani
Ishani first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1989, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 66 Ishanis were born — ranking #2,648 that year. As of 2026, Ishani ranks #3,228 for baby girls with 49 births, gradually falling (-6%). In total, more than 1K Ishanis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Ishani
Ishani is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Ishani's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #2,648. Use the chart and map above to compare Ishani's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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