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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #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 2017

girls
#11,615
8 births · 1 in 215,808 girls
boys
#46
7,262 births · 1 in 255 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #11,615Isaiah8

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #46Isaiah7,262
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 215,808 of them was named Isaiah, which outranked 37.0% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isaiah
  1. #10,689Zyniah9
  2. #10,689Zyria9
  3. #10,689Zyva9
  4. #11,615Isaiah8
  5. #11,615Aadrika8
  6. #11,615Aaiza8
  7. #11,615Aaleeyah8
  8. #12,713Aalaiyah7
  9. #12,713Aanshi7
  10. #12,713Aaradhana7

Tied with 1,097 names at #11,615; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 1,443Ensley#2,412#969
  2. 1,020Oaklynn#1,908#888
  3. 842Dream#1,667#825
  4. 749Oaklyn#1,425#676
  5. 717Melania#1,649#932
Fallers
  1. 263Julianne#919#1,182
  2. 243Milania#947#1,190
  3. 240Wendy#858#1,098
  4. 238Montserrat#808#1,046
  5. 224Nathaly#930#1,154

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

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 255 of them was named Isaiah, which outranked 99.7% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isaiah
  1. #43Jaxon7,725
  2. #44Ryan7,706
  3. #45Nathan7,442
  4. #46Isaiah7,262
  5. #47Aaron7,219
  6. #48Charles7,193
  7. #49Thomas7,187
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 497Wells#1,413#916
  2. 419Kairo#1,221#802
  3. 339Caspian#1,199#860
  4. 313Colson#1,049#736
  5. 311Kace#1,183#872
Fallers
  1. 415Riaan#861#1,276
  2. 292Chevy#980#1,272
  3. 245Kylo#904#1,149
  4. 226Braeden#993#1,219
  5. 194Kamdyn#809#1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017