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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #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.

Where Isham is popular in 1894

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1894

boys
#857
7 births · 1 in 16,538 boys

Top boys' names in 1894

  1. #1John8,237
  2. #2William7,274
  3. #3James5,110
  4. #4George4,365
  5. #5Charles3,788
  6. #6Joseph2,977
  7. #7Frank2,863
  8. #8Robert2,497
  9. #9Henry2,278
  10. #10Harry2,189
  11. #857Isham7
More about 1894

boys

115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 16,538 of them was named Isham, which outranked 30.8% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isham
  1. #787Wilton8
  2. #787Woodson8
  3. #787Wright8
  4. #857Isham7
  5. #857Agnes7
  6. #857Alfonso7
  7. #857Alfredo7
  8. #954Ada6
  9. #954Adolfo6
  10. #954Alec6

Tied with 96 names at #857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Levy#1,035 → #521
  2. ↑ 514Orrin#1,035 → #521
  3. ↑ 488Alvie#907 → #419
  4. ↑ 468Jonnie#1,035 → #567
  5. ↑ 441Carson#1,035 → #594
Fallers
  1. ↓ 683Lindsay#391 → #1,074
  2. ↓ 519Minnie#435 → #954
  3. ↓ 475Ludwig#479 → #954
  4. ↓ 459Alice#615 → #1,074
  5. ↓ 459Julia#615 → #1,074

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

See the top 100 for 1894 →