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
- Peak · boys
- 2006 · 10,459 births
- Debut · boys
- 40 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 30 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 254,020since 1880
Isaiah over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | #13,208 | 6 | #57 | 5,267 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | #56 | 5,286 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #56 | 5,162 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #58 | 5,430 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #56 | 5,724 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #51 | 6,094 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #53 | 6,214 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #51 | 6,719 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #46 | 7,262 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | #47 | 7,573 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | #49 | 7,658 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | #48 | 7,657 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #44 | 7,903 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #42 | 8,190 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 | #43 | 8,555 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #43 | 8,589 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #41 | 9,259 |
| 2008 | #4,882 | 30 | #42 | 9,670 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | #43 | 10,124 |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 | #39 | 10,459 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 | #45 | 9,527 |
| 2004 | #2,781 | 58 | #45 | 9,264 |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | #49 | 8,900 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | #45 | 8,965 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | #43 | 8,589 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | #47 | 8,029 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 | #51 | 7,500 |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | #59 | 6,487 |
| 1997 | #3,626 | 31 | #60 | 6,003 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | #71 | 5,324 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #109 | 3,475 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #169 | 1,870 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #204 | 1,497 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #212 | 1,449 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #208 | 1,492 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #205 | 1,489 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #228 | 1,190 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #244 | 978 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #267 | 820 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #323 | 619 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #319 | 630 |
| 1984 | — | #319 | 605 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #336 | 553 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #345 | 538 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #396 | 421 |
| 1980 | — | #438 | 355 | |
| 1979 | — | #482 | 295 | |
| 1978 | — | #482 | 283 | |
| 1977 | — | #520 | 254 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #577 | 198 |
| 1975 | — | #712 | 135 | |
| 1974 | — | #771 | 109 | |
| 1973 | — | #852 | 86 | |
| 1972 | — | #887 | 82 | |
| 1971 | — | #886 | 84 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,142 | 52 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,027 | 56 | |
| 1968 | — | #898 | 64 | |
| 1967 | — | #981 | 55 | |
| 1966 | — | #860 | 71 | |
| 1965 | — | #881 | 69 | |
| 1964 | — | #945 | 65 | |
| 1963 | — | #947 | 63 | |
| 1962 | — | #779 | 95 | |
| 1961 | — | #785 | 94 | |
| 1960 | — | #782 | 95 | |
| 1959 | — | #761 | 100 | |
| 1958 | — | #777 | 92 | |
| 1957 | — | #700 | 118 | |
| 1956 | — | #745 | 97 | |
| 1955 | — | #669 | 120 | |
| 1954 | — | #633 | 135 | |
| 1953 | — | #678 | 112 | |
| 1952 | — | #608 | 134 | |
| 1951 | — | #601 | 134 | |
| 1950 | — | #578 | 138 | |
| 1949 | — | #555 | 146 | |
| 1948 | — | #563 | 140 | |
| 1947 | — | #586 | 134 | |
| 1946 | — | #573 | 125 | |
| 1945 | — | #554 | 116 | |
| 1944 | — | #639 | 93 | |
| 1943 | — | #597 | 112 | |
| 1942 | — | #629 | 101 | |
| 1941 | — | #564 | 114 | |
| 1940 | — | #555 | 113 | |
| 1939 | — | #647 | 84 | |
| 1938 | — | #559 | 108 | |
| 1937 | — | #545 | 114 | |
| 1936 | — | #562 | 105 | |
| 1935 | — | #585 | 97 | |
| 1934 | — | #611 | 94 | |
| 1933 | — | #557 | 105 | |
| 1932 | — | #565 | 109 | |
| 1931 | — | #576 | 104 | |
| 1930 | — | #553 | 119 | |
| 1929 | — | #506 | 135 | |
| 1928 | — | #558 | 120 | |
| 1927 | — | #569 | 117 | |
| 1926 | — | #543 | 125 | |
| 1925 | — | #546 | 127 | |
| 1924 | — | #538 | 138 | |
| 1923 | — | #560 | 123 | |
| 1922 | — | #509 | 148 | |
| 1921 | — | #611 | 107 | |
| 1920 | — | #559 | 122 | |
| 1919 | — | #503 | 139 | |
| 1918 | — | #519 | 133 | |
| 1917 | — | #566 | 108 | |
| 1916 | — | #545 | 110 | |
| 1915 | — | #595 | 92 | |
| 1914 | — | #609 | 68 | |
| 1913 | — | #539 | 64 | |
| 1912 | — | #510 | 59 | |
| 1911 | — | #514 | 33 | |
| 1910 | — | #440 | 39 | |
| 1909 | — | #408 | 36 | |
| 1908 | — | #413 | 33 | |
| 1907 | — | #448 | 27 | |
| 1906 | — | #465 | 23 | |
| 1905 | — | #477 | 22 | |
| 1904 | — | #417 | 25 | |
| 1903 | — | #411 | 23 | |
| 1902 | — | #404 | 25 | |
| 1901 | — | #466 | 17 | |
| 1900 | — | #393 | 32 | |
| 1899 | — | #331 | 29 | |
| 1898 | — | #409 | 23 | |
| 1897 | — | #384 | 24 | |
| 1896 | — | #417 | 22 | |
| 1895 | — | #390 | 24 | |
| 1894 | — | #291 | 36 | |
| 1893 | — | #419 | 19 | |
| 1892 | — | #384 | 24 | |
| 1891 | — | #364 | 22 | |
| 1890 | — | #270 | 41 | |
| 1889 | — | #525 | 13 | |
| 1888 | — | #324 | 31 | |
| 1887 | — | #276 | 34 | |
| 1886 | — | #288 | 35 | |
| 1885 | — | #312 | 29 | |
| 1884 | — | #369 | 23 | |
| 1883 | — | #298 | 30 | |
| 1882 | — | #283 | 37 | |
| 1881 | — | #276 | 32 | |
| 1880 | — | #267 | 40 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2006 at #39 (10,459 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 30 yrs · run 1996–2025
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1880–1968
- Highest: 1 in 197 boys born in 2006 were named Isaiah (0.51%)
- Latest: 1 in 324 boys born in 2025 (0.31%)
- 36.5% of all boys named Isaiah (92,786) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 304 | #267 (1880) | #322 |
| 1890s | 264 | #270 (1890) | #366 |
| 1900s | 263 | #393 (1900) | #430 |
| 1910s | 845 | #440 (1910) | #534 |
| 1920s | 1,262 | #506 (1929) | #550 |
| 1930s | 1,039 | #545 (1937) | #576 |
| 1940s | 1,194 | #554 (1945) | #582 |
| 1950s | 1,180 | #578 (1950) | #675 |
| 1960s | 727 | #779 (1962) | #889 |
| 1970s | 1,578 | #482 (1979) | #731 |
| 1980s | 6,709 | #228 (1989) | #322 |
| 1990s | 36,586 | #51 (1999) | #135 |
| 2000s | 92,786 | #39 (2006) | #44 |
| 2010s | 76,320 | #42 (2012) | #47 |
| 2020s | 32,963 | #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 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 293,020 of them was named Isaiah, which outranked 14.9% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,629 names at #9,284; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 7,924 of them was named Isaiah, which outranked 91.1% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).