Isa
#1,710 for girls in 2025, 119 births · #929 for boys in 2025, 253 births
Given to girls 52.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 17 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,433since 1880
Isa over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,710 | 119 | #929 | 253 |
| 2024 | #1,966 | 100 | #1,023 | 218 |
| 2023 | #2,244 | 83 | #1,185 | 171 |
| 2022 | #1,930 | 103 | #1,447 | 125 |
| 2021 | #2,345 | 77 | #1,245 | 153 |
| 2020 | #2,023 | 92 | #1,297 | 139 |
| 2019 | #2,035 | 94 | #1,459 | 119 |
| 2018 | #1,925 | 103 | #1,418 | 123 |
| 2017 | #2,160 | 88 | #1,373 | 129 |
| 2016 | #2,463 | 74 | #1,491 | 114 |
| 2015 | #2,471 | 73 | #1,481 | 112 |
| 2014 | #2,049 | 95 | #1,597 | 98 |
| 2013 | #2,769 | 62 | #1,613 | 95 |
| 2012 | #2,805 | 62 | #1,478 | 109 |
| 2011 | #2,725 | 64 | #1,886 | 74 |
| 2010 | #3,010 | 56 | #1,881 | 76 |
| 2009 | #3,161 | 53 | #1,873 | 77 |
| 2008 | #3,084 | 55 | #2,001 | 70 |
| 2007 | #3,125 | 55 | #2,071 | 66 |
| 2006 | #3,919 | 38 | #2,285 | 55 |
| 2005 | #3,170 | 49 | #2,035 | 61 |
| 2004 | #3,444 | 43 | #2,238 | 51 |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 | #2,507 | 41 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | #1,998 | 55 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | #2,618 | 36 |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | #2,621 | 35 |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 | #2,162 | 43 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | #2,926 | 27 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | #3,351 | 21 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,748 | 24 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,988 | 20 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,527 | 27 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,689 | 21 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,285 | 30 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 | — | |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 | — | |
| 1899 | #906 | 13 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
| 1897 | #715 | 19 | — | |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 | — | |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | — | |
| 1892 | #706 | 17 | — | |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 | — | |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 | — | |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | — | |
| 1888 | #612 | 17 | — | |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 | — | |
| 1886 | #540 | 17 | — | |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 | — | |
| 1884 | #614 | 12 | — | |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | #530 | 12 | — | |
| 1881 | #405 | 17 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Isa was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Isa
- 256 spots since 2024 (#1,966 → #1,710)
- 313 spots since 2020 (#2,023 → #1,710)
- 761 spots since 2015 (#2,471 → #1,710)
- Biggest jump: 431 spots in 1881 (#836 → #405)
- Biggest drop: 917 spots in 1908 (#945 → #1,862)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #405 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1880–1897
- Highest: 1 in 5,409 girls born in 1881 were named Isa (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,506 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 22.5% of all girls named Isa (771) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1994, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 129 | #405 (1881) | #616 |
| 1890s | 142 | #617 (1890) | #838 |
| 1900s | 124 | #795 (1901) | #1,134 |
| 1910s | 176 | #1,285 (1915) | #1,668 |
| 1920s | 156 | #1,626 (1920) | #2,482 |
| 1930s | 117 | #1,834 (1934) | #2,577 |
| 1940s | 83 | #2,311 (1942) | #3,653 |
| 1950s | 74 | #3,379 (1958) | #4,700 |
| 1960s | 133 | #3,012 (1969) | #3,728 |
| 1970s | 188 | #2,914 (1973) | #3,583 |
| 1980s | 180 | #3,318 (1980) | #4,453 |
| 1990s | 194 | #3,968 (1992) | #5,147 |
| 2000s | 392 | #3,084 (2008) | #3,940 |
| 2010s | 771 | #1,925 (2018) | #2,441 |
| 2020s | 574 | #1,710 (2025) | #2,036 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Isa in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 23,946 of them was named Isa, which outranked 87.0% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,446Shaindy75
- #2,446Tayler75
- #2,446Zylah75
- #2,463Isa74
- #2,463Arina74
- #2,463Blakelee74
- #2,463Cienna74
- #2,479Aaralyn73
- #2,479Abagail73
- #2,479Advika73
Tied with 15 names at #2,463; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 16,647 of them was named Isa, which outranked 89.5% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,484Lonnie115
- #1,484Saint115
- #1,484Trevon115
- #1,491Isa114
- #1,491Cordell114
- #1,491Ishan114
- #1,491Jaceon114
- #1,501Alek113
- #1,501Azrael113
- #1,501Chaz113
Tied with 9 names at #1,491; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.