Isaiah

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #57 for boys in 2025, 5,267 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2006 · 10,459 births
Debut · boys
40 births
In top 100 · boys
30 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
254,020
since 1880

Isaiah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201903peak #39, 2006boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#575,267
2024#7,96713#565,286
2023#8,05513#565,162
2022#13,5926#585,430
2021#9,56210#565,724
2020#13,4536#516,094
2019#10,4739#536,214
2018#6,79217#516,719
2017#11,6158#467,262
2016#6,90117#477,573
2015#6,72118#497,658
2014#8,96612#487,657
2013#8,58013#447,903
2012#9,10912#428,190
2011#6,14821#438,555
2010#9,79011#438,589
2009#6,54420#419,259
2008#4,88230#429,670
2007#6,55220#4310,124
2006#5,54524#3910,459
2005#5,60022#459,527
2004#2,78158#459,264
2003#4,94325#498,900
2002#4,90624#458,965
2001#5,57020#438,589
2000#4,79124#478,029
1999#4,87022#517,500
1998#3,73031#596,487
1997#3,62631#606,003
1996#4,05926#715,324
1995#7,04112#1093,475
1994#11,7786#1691,870
1993#7,03812#2041,497
1992#8,06510#2121,449
1991#7,43011#2081,492
1990#8,5019#2051,489
1989#9,6817#2281,190
1988#10,3866#244978
1987#7,3539#267820
1986#8,5237#323619
1985#7,5638#319630
1984#319605
1983#9,0156#336553
1982#8,2247#345538
1981#9,1106#396421
1980#438355
1979#482295
1978#482283
1977#520254
1976#9,2845#577198
1975#712135
1974#771109
1973#85286
1972#88782
1971#88684
1970#1,14252
1969#1,02756
1968#89864
1967#98155
1966#86071
1965#88169
1964#94565
1963#94763
1962#77995
1961#78594
1960#78295
1959#761100
1958#77792
1957#700118
1956#74597
1955#669120
1954#633135
1953#678112
1952#608134
1951#601134
1950#578138
1949#555146
1948#563140
1947#586134
1946#573125
1945#554116
1944#63993
1943#597112
1942#629101
1941#564114
1940#555113
1939#64784
1938#559108
1937#545114
1936#562105
1935#58597
1934#61194
1933#557105
1932#565109
1931#576104
1930#553119
1929#506135
1928#558120
1927#569117
1926#543125
1925#546127
1924#538138
1923#560123
1922#509148
1921#611107
1920#559122
1919#503139
1918#519133
1917#566108
1916#545110
1915#59592
1914#60968
1913#53964
1912#51059
1911#51433
1910#44039
1909#40836
1908#41333
1907#44827
1906#46523
1905#47722
1904#41725
1903#41123
1902#40425
1901#46617
1900#39332
1899#33129
1898#40923
1897#38424
1896#41722
1895#39024
1894#29136
1893#41919
1892#38424
1891#36422
1890#27041
1889#52513
1888#32431
1887#27634
1886#28835
1885#31229
1884#36923
1883#29830
1882#28337
1881#27632
1880#26740
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Isaiah was already there! It came in at #267, and was given to 40 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.

See more about Isaiah
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#56#57)
  • 6 spots since 2020 (#51#57)
  • 8 spots since 2015 (#49#57)
  • Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1971 (#1,142#886)
  • Biggest drop: 201 spots in 1889 (#324#525)
Rise & fade · boys
126 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2006 at #39 (10,459 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 30 yrs · run 1996–2025
  • Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1880–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 197
  • Highest: 1 in 197 boys born in 2006 were named Isaiah (0.51%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324 boys born in 2025 (0.31%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 36.5% of all boys named Isaiah (92,786) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s304#267 (1880)#322
1890s264#270 (1890)#366
1900s263#393 (1900)#430
1910s845#440 (1910)#534
1920s1,262#506 (1929)#550
1930s1,039#545 (1937)#576
1940s1,194#554 (1945)#582
1950s1,180#578 (1950)#675
1960s727#779 (1962)#889
1970s1,578#482 (1979)#731
1980s6,709#228 (1989)#322
1990s36,586#51 (1999)#135
2000s92,786#39 (2006)#44
2010s76,320#42 (2012)#47
2020s32,963#51 (2020)#56

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Isaiah in 1903

boys
#411
23 births · 1 in 5,184 boys

Top boys' names in 1903

  1. #1John7,608
  2. #2William6,311
  3. #3James5,479
  4. #4George3,961
  5. #5Charles3,213
  6. #6Joseph3,121
  7. #7Robert3,044
  8. #8Frank2,644
  9. #9Edward2,268
  10. #10Thomas1,962
  11. #411Isaiah23
More about 1903

boys

119,230 boys got a published name in 1903; 1 in 5,184 of them was named Isaiah, which outranked 68.5% of the 1,306 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isaiah
  1. #401Scott24
  2. #401Valentine24
  3. #401Warner24
  4. #411Isaiah23
  5. #411Adrian23
  6. #411Archibald23
  7. #411Basil23
  8. #430Alfonso22
  9. #430Alphonse22
  10. #430Clarance22

Tied with 18 names at #411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1902
Risers
  1. 610Garnett#1,137#527
  2. 562Jordan#1,013#451
  3. 561Reynold#1,137#576
  4. 542Artis#1,137#595
  5. 518Josiah#1,137#619
Fallers
  1. 574Hunter#556#1,130
  2. 547Audrey#583#1,130
  3. 479Hayes#651#1,130
  4. 479Hezekiah#651#1,130
  5. 479Oakley#651#1,130

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

See the top 100 for 1903