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
#39
2006 · 10,459 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202025peak #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 2025

girls
#13,208
6 births · 1 in 267,878 girls
boys
#57
5,267 births · 1 in 324 boys

Top girls' names in 2025

  1. #1Olivia13,544
  2. #2Charlotte13,400
  3. #3Emma12,754
  4. #4Amelia12,699
  5. #5Sophia12,561
  6. #6Mia11,078
  7. #7Isabella10,666
  8. #8Evelyn9,123
  9. #9Sofia8,252
  10. #10Eliana8,191
  11. #13,208Isaiah6

Top boys' names in 2025

  1. #1Liam20,818
  2. #2Noah20,358
  3. #3Oliver14,939
  4. #4Theodore13,355
  5. #5Henry12,020
  6. #6James11,945
  7. #7Elijah11,111
  8. #8Mateo11,045
  9. #9William10,545
  10. #10Lucas10,219
  11. #57Isaiah5,267
More about 2025

girls

1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 267,878 of them was named Isaiah, which outranked 23.6% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).

Ranked beside Isaiah
  1. #11,932Zyaria7
  2. #11,932Zyleigh7
  3. #11,932Zyniah7
  4. #13,208Isaiah6
  5. #13,208Aadhirai6
  6. #13,208Aadhyasri6
  7. #13,208Aafia6
  8. #14,942Aadhini5
  9. #14,942Aadriti5
  10. #14,942Aaima5

Tied with 1,733 names at #13,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,390Klarity#2,178 → #788
  2. ↑ 1,211Rynlee#1,966 → #755
  3. ↑ 963Ailanny#1,895 → #932
  4. ↑ 928Naylani#1,823 → #895
  5. ↑ 861Madisson#1,180 → #319
Fallers
  1. ↓ 353Aubrie#999 → #1,352
  2. ↓ 307Cattleya#904 → #1,211
  3. ↓ 272Jaycee#878 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 248Zendaya#938 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 233Novalee#742 → #975

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

boys

1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 324 of them was named Isaiah, which outranked 99.6% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).

Ranked beside Isaiah
  1. #54Josiah5,509
  2. #55Weston5,482
  3. #56Waylon5,408
  4. #57Isaiah5,267
  5. #58Caleb5,217
  6. #59Rowan5,212
  7. #60Beau5,165
Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,096Kasai#1,735 → #639
  2. ↑ 1,089Akari#1,631 → #542
  3. ↑ 787Eziah#1,397 → #610
  4. ↑ 772Jasai#1,211 → #439
  5. ↑ 648Neithan#1,371 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 265Karim#819 → #1,084
  2. ↓ 235Khaza#961 → #1,196
  3. ↓ 231Landen#813 → #1,044
  4. ↓ 229Khai#947 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 227Seven#891 → #1,118

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

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