Isham

Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863

Peak · boys
1880 · 13 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
615
since 1880

Isham over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Isham has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #505, 1880boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022#10,8636
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007#12,3675
2006
2005
2004
2003#9,5816
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991#8,2365
1990#7,1786
1989
1988
1987#6,9515
1986
1985
1984#5,5616
1983
1982
1981#5,4686
1980
1979#6,0565
1978
1977
1976#4,0128
1975
1974
1973#4,5056
1972#4,4416
1971
1970
1969#3,3148
1968
1967#3,9665
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957#3,9935
1956#3,9425
1955
1954#2,59210
1953#3,7985
1952#3,3736
1951#3,7145
1950
1949
1948#2,32611
1947#3,0967
1946#3,1736
1945
1944#2,8627
1943
1942#3,2126
1941#3,5055
1940#3,4595
1939#2,8297
1938
1937
1936
1935#2,9517
1934#2,9737
1933#2,5429
1932#2,8498
1931#2,8648
1930#2,60910
1929#2,45211
1928#4,1515
1927#2,70310
1926#1,91117
1925#1,74520
1924#2,13215
1923#2,02016
1922#1,43427
1921#2,05916
1920#2,23114
1919#2,15214
1918#1,76719
1917#2,42311
1916#1,84916
1915#3,3926
1914#1,97511
1913#1,36515
1912#1,8858
1911
1910
1909
1908#1,1137
1907#9998
1906#8529
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896#9826
1895#68510
1894#8577
1893#7688
1892#1,0665
1891#8416
1890#60311
1889#7228
1888#8157
1887
1886#6479
1885
1884#8486
1883#6449
1882#8376
1881#7067
1880#50513
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Isham was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Isham
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 298 spots in 1893 (#1,066#768)
  • Biggest drop: 297 spots in 1896 (#685#982)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #505 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1880–1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,499
  • Highest: 1 in 8,499 boys born in 1880 were named Isham (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.6% of all boys named Isham (151) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s65#505 (1880)#716
1890s53#603 (1890)#829
1900s24#852 (1906)#988
1910s100#1,365 (1913)#2,101
1920s151#1,434 (1922)#2,284
1930s56#2,542 (1933)#2,802
1940s47#2,326 (1948)#3,090
1950s36#2,592 (1954)#3,569
1960s13#3,314 (1969)#3,640
1970s25#4,012 (1976)#4,754
1980s17#5,468 (1981)#5,993
1990s11#7,178 (1990)#7,707
2000s11#9,581 (2003)#10,974
2010s0
2020s6#10,863 (2022)#10,863

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.

Isham in 1883

boys
#644
9 births · 1 in 11,625 boys

Top boys' names in 1883

  1. #1John8,894
  2. #2William8,387
  3. #3James5,223
  4. #4Charles4,826
  5. #5George4,736
  6. #6Frank2,986
  7. #7Joseph2,515
  8. #8Henry2,383
  9. #9Robert2,334
  10. #10Thomas2,316
  11. #644Isham9
More about 1883

boys

104,625 boys got a published name in 1883; 1 in 11,625 of them was named Isham, which outranked 37.5% of the 1,030 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isham
  1. #597Tommie10
  2. #597Wright10
  3. #597Wylie10
  4. #644Isham9
  5. #644Alfonso9
  6. #644Alonza9
  7. #644Andres9
  8. #677Alois8
  9. #677Alvie8
  10. #677Annie8

Tied with 32 names at #644; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. 416Sumner#943#527
  2. 377Alf#837#460
  3. 358Arlie#837#479
  4. 358Everette#837#479
  5. 346Ocie#943#597
Fallers
  1. 429Morton#370#799
  2. 423Saul#469#892
  3. 403Pierce#489#892
  4. 378Bryant#514#892
  5. 352Buck#540#892

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

See the top 100 for 1883