Isiah

Last seen for girls in 2003 at #15,784 · #1,477 for boys in 2025, 120 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#268
1894 · 43 births
Debut · boys
1880
20 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
24,710
since 1880

Isiah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Isiah has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #268, 1894boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,477120
2024—#1,308149
2023—#1,397132
2022—#1,330141
2021—#1,339138
2020—#1,353131
2019—#1,214157
2018—#1,139169
2017—#1,126170
2016—#1,020197
2015—#1,089179
2014—#1,057187
2013—#816266
2012—#776293
2011—#639366
2010—#589424
2009—#535497
2008—#443635
2007—#446627
2006—#405730
2005—#387742
2004—#383712
2003#15,7845#364734
2002—#357746
2001—#336822
2000—#343797
1999—#341781
1998—#348768
1997—#345741
1996#11,8076#365658
1995—#463488
1994—#539360
1993—#570323
1992—#512392
1991—#467449
1990—#433511
1989—#465409
1988—#526302
1987—#640205
1986—#877107
1985—#777130
1984—#796120
1983—#858104
1982—#831114
1981—#90098
1980—#1,13364
1979—#1,17759
1978—#1,12161
1977—#1,15857
1976—#1,12357
1975—#1,09459
1974—#1,15151
1973—#1,12353
1972—#1,12952
1971—#1,19947
1970—#1,23845
1969—#1,02756
1968—#89864
1967—#81877
1966—#87070
1965—#1,02052
1964—#79290
1963—#92965
1962—#89672
1961—#87077
1960—#94464
1959—#756101
1958—#728105
1957—#750100
1956—#79687
1955—#700109
1954—#722100
1953—#71799
1952—#660109
1951—#693102
1950—#69597
1949—#640114
1948—#608125
1947—#647113
1946—#592117
1945—#65784
1944—#559118
1943—#615105
1942—#64298
1941—#59799
1940—#66783
1939—#565102
1938—#60995
1937—#63785
1936—#577100
1935—#62788
1934—#68279
1933—#59196
1932—#570108
1931—#565108
1930—#599103
1929—#524123
1928—#554121
1927—#591110
1926—#533130
1925—#539129
1924—#538138
1923—#513140
1922—#534138
1921—#583118
1920—#551123
1919—#494145
1918—#532130
1917—#59998
1916—#65081
1915—#58096
1914—#483101
1913—#58656
1912—#43979
1911—#39552
1910—#32956
1909—#33448
1908—#36539
1907—#35139
1906—#40029
1905—#34635
1904—#39028
1903—#34631
1902—#37328
1901—#43319
1900—#31944
1899—#40221
1898—#36029
1897—#36027
1896—#33831
1895—#30535
1894—#26843
1893—#31231
1892—#30337
1891—#32527
1890—#30232
1889—#46416
1888—#30235
1887—#29432
1886—#36922
1885—#33226
1884—#36024
1883—#33724
1882—#32428
1881—#33224
1880—#38120
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Isiah was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.

See more about Isiah
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 169 spots since 2024 (#1,308 → #1,477)
  • 124 spots since 2020 (#1,353 → #1,477)
  • 388 spots since 2015 (#1,089 → #1,477)
  • Biggest jump: 237 spots in 1987 (#877 → #640)
  • Biggest drop: 241 spots in 2014 (#816 → #1,057)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #268 (43 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 121 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1880–1964
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,364
  • Highest: 1 in 2,364 boys born in 2001 were named Isiah (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,234 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #268 in 1894, was only 1 in 2,692 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 28.5% of all boys named Isiah (7,042) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s251#294 (1887)#350
1890s313#268 (1894)#328
1900s340#319 (1900)#366
1910s894#329 (1910)#509
1920s1,270#513 (1923)#546
1930s964#565 (1931)#602
1940s1,056#559 (1944)#622
1950s1,009#660 (1952)#722
1960s687#792 (1964)#906
1970s541#1,094 (1975)#1,151
1980s1,653#465 (1989)#780
1990s5,471#341 (1999)#438
2000s7,042#336 (2001)#400
2010s2,408#589 (2010)#947
2020s811#1,308 (2024)#1,367

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.

Isiah in 1996

girls
#11,807
6 births · 1 in 292,168 girls
boys
#365
658 births · 1 in 2,879 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #11,807Isiah6

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #365Isiah658
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 292,168 of them was named Isiah, which outranked 25.7% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isiah
  1. #10,567Zuly7
  2. #10,567Zury7
  3. #10,567Zyanya7
  4. #11,807Isiah6
  5. #11,807Aalayah6
  6. #11,807Aamna6
  7. #11,807Aarthi6
  8. #13,518Aaleeyah5
  9. #13,518Abbiegail5
  10. #13,518Abigahil5

Tied with 1,710 names at #11,807; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 2,879 of them was named Isiah, which outranked 96.5% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isiah
  1. #362Terrell669
  2. #363Cooper668
  3. #364Bruce663
  4. #365Isiah658
  5. #366Myles652
  6. #367Rene650
  7. #368Orlando649
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →