Isa

#1,710 for girls in 2025, 119 births · #929 for boys in 2025, 253 births
Given to girls 52.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 17 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,433
since 1880

Isa over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021peak #405, 1881girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,710119#929253
2024#1,966100#1,023218
2023#2,24483#1,185171
2022#1,930103#1,447125
2021#2,34577#1,245153
2020#2,02392#1,297139
2019#2,03594#1,459119
2018#1,925103#1,418123
2017#2,16088#1,373129
2016#2,46374#1,491114
2015#2,47173#1,481112
2014#2,04995#1,59798
2013#2,76962#1,61395
2012#2,80562#1,478109
2011#2,72564#1,88674
2010#3,01056#1,88176
2009#3,16153#1,87377
2008#3,08455#2,00170
2007#3,12555#2,07166
2006#3,91938#2,28555
2005#3,17049#2,03561
2004#3,44443#2,23851
2003#4,10932#2,50741
2002#4,90624#1,99855
2001#5,17422#2,61836
2000#5,31221#2,62135
1999#4,71823#2,16243
1998#4,95521#2,92627
1997#5,62617#3,35121
1996#6,06415#3,02124
1995#5,01919#3,10022
1994#6,67213#4,53713
1993#4,52422#3,66117
1992#3,96826#2,90923
1991#5,39917#3,10520
1990#4,52321#3,60716
1989#5,83614#2,78422
1988#5,06516#3,35015
1987#4,12220#6,0896
1986#5,75712#3,65312
1985#3,98320#4,05210
1984#3,99019#3,45912
1983#3,94919#2,57718
1982#4,34717#2,59618
1981#4,16218#2,77916
1980#3,31825#2,53619
1979#4,05218#3,35712
1978#3,77719#2,79915
1977#3,91118#3,03713
1976#4,36314#3,47110
1975#3,15522#2,90213
1974#3,31320#4,6346
1973#2,91423#3,6948
1972#3,40418#3,9637
1971#3,50818#4,3756
1970#3,43518
1969#3,01220#3,9356
1968#3,61014
1967#3,34015
1966#3,55813
1965#3,54913
1964#3,51514#3,6016
1963#5,2967
1962#3,16116
1961#4,5469
1960#3,68812
1959#4,6258
1958#3,37913
1957#5,3776
1956#4,8377
1955#5,2086
1954#3,9679
1953#5,6735
1952#3,7969
1951#4,8336
1950#5,3015
1949#3,8928
1948#4,6516
1947#3,24011
1946#4,9605
1945#3,1329
1944#3,6877
1943#4,1966
1942#2,31115
1941#3,2528
1940#3,2088
1939#1,94717
1938#2,44712
1937#2,9409
1936#2,8579
1935#2,57511
1934#1,83418
1933#2,68810
1932#2,83110
1931#2,30713
1930#3,3458
1929#2,92110
1928#2,95410
1927#3,2849
1926#2,70812
1925#1,74824#4,1975
1924#2,21217
1923#3,3509
1922#2,02719
1921#1,98820
1920#1,62626
1919#1,52727
1918#2,51913
1917#1,77320
1916#1,68921
1915#1,28530#3,3926
1914#1,60317
1913#1,67013
1912#1,29717
1911#1,54510
1910#1,7738
1909#1,15213
1908#1,8626
1907#94516
1906#1,15411
1905#1,09312
1904#1,00113
1903#1,13710
1902#1,3208
1901#79517
1900#88518
1899#90613
1898#1,1719
1897#71519
1896#72819
1895#93212
1894#85013
1893#95510
1892#70617
1891#79612
1890#61718
1889#68714
1888#61217
1887#60814
1886#54017
1885#57614
1884#61412
1883#7547
1882#53012
1881#40517
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #405 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1880–1897
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,409
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 22.5% of all girls named Isa (771) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1995
  • Mostly girls until 1994, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s129#405 (1881)#616
1890s142#617 (1890)#838
1900s124#795 (1901)#1,134
1910s176#1,285 (1915)#1,668
1920s156#1,626 (1920)#2,482
1930s117#1,834 (1934)#2,577
1940s83#2,311 (1942)#3,653
1950s74#3,379 (1958)#4,700
1960s133#3,012 (1969)#3,728
1970s188#2,914 (1973)#3,583
1980s180#3,318 (1980)#4,453
1990s194#3,968 (1992)#5,147
2000s392#3,084 (2008)#3,940
2010s771#1,925 (2018)#2,441
2020s574#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 2021

girls
#2,345
77 births · 1 in 21,310 girls
boys
#1,245
153 births · 1 in 11,435 boys

Top girls' names in 2021

  1. #1Olivia17,847
  2. #2Emma15,549
  3. #3Charlotte13,368
  4. #4Amelia13,041
  5. #5Ava12,873
  6. #6Sophia12,585
  7. #7Isabella11,309
  8. #8Mia11,177
  9. #9Evelyn9,495
  10. #10Harper8,448
  11. #2,345Isa77

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #1,245Isa153
More about 2021

girls

1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 21,310 of them was named Isa, which outranked 86.7% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isa
  1. #2,327Ruhi78
  2. #2,327Zalayah78
  3. #2,327Zya78
  4. #2,345Isa77
  5. #2,345Aliyana77
  6. #2,345Brie77
  7. #2,345Carli77
  8. #2,366Arabelle76
  9. #2,366Caia76
  10. #2,366Channing76

Tied with 20 names at #2,345; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. 437Raya#932#495
  2. 396Wrenley#893#497
  3. 298Angelique#1,173#875
  4. 283Emberlynn#1,241#958
  5. 276Flora#924#648
Fallers
  1. 475Denisse#852#1,327
  2. 347Denise#876#1,223
  3. 267Karen#821#1,088
  4. 227Keily#854#1,081
  5. 227Nathalie#911#1,138

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 11,435 of them was named Isa, which outranked 91.2% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isa
  1. #1,240Sekani154
  2. #1,240Skylar154
  3. #1,240Viaan154
  4. #1,245Isa153
  5. #1,245Aksel153
  6. #1,245Cedar153
  7. #1,245Jakobi153
  8. #1,253Aizen152
  9. #1,253Anson152
  10. #1,253Bilal152

Tied with 7 names at #1,245; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. 536Amiri#1,295#759
  2. 438Eliam#1,177#739
  3. 343Colter#972#629
  4. 333Ozzy#1,046#713
  5. 299Loyal#1,053#754
Fallers
  1. 352Jaxtyn#585#937
  2. 259Karsyn#698#957
  3. 231Xzavier#976#1,207
  4. 208Tristen#846#1,054
  5. 208Willie#992#1,200

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2021