Isom
#8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,783since 1880
Isom over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Isom has never cracked the top 300 here.
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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #1,837 | 19 |
| 1956 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #1,683 | 20 |
| 1950 | #1,701 | 19 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | #1,496 | 22 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,538 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #1,548 | 21 |
| 1931 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #1,793 | 18 |
| 1928 | #1,569 | 23 |
| 1927 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1926 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1925 | #1,304 | 31 |
| 1924 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #1,589 | 23 |
| 1922 | #1,591 | 23 |
| 1921 | #1,252 | 34 |
| 1920 | #1,180 | 37 |
| 1919 | #1,188 | 35 |
| 1918 | #1,446 | 25 |
| 1917 | #1,203 | 32 |
| 1916 | #1,072 | 36 |
| 1915 | #1,241 | 28 |
| 1914 | #1,441 | 18 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,095 | 18 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #782 | 15 |
| 1909 | #756 | 14 |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #664 | 15 |
| 1906 | #752 | 11 |
| 1905 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | #686 | 12 |
| 1903 | #619 | 13 |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | #596 | 12 |
| 1900 | #785 | 11 |
| 1899 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #473 | 19 |
| 1897 | #652 | 11 |
| 1896 | #674 | 11 |
| 1895 | #640 | 11 |
| 1894 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #572 | 13 |
| 1891 | #524 | 12 |
| 1890 | #533 | 13 |
| 1889 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | #554 | 13 |
| 1887 | #438 | 15 |
| 1886 | #383 | 21 |
| 1885 | #439 | 17 |
| 1884 | #336 | 27 |
| 1883 | #412 | 18 |
| 1882 | #365 | 24 |
| 1881 | #375 | 20 |
| 1880 | #403 | 18 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Isom was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1962, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 3,439 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #8,910)
- 1,695 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #8,910)
- 658 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #8,910)
- Biggest jump: 394 spots in 1903 (#1,013 → #619)
- Biggest drop: 417 spots in 1902 (#596 → #1,013)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #336 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1880–1901
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,239
- Highest: 1 in 4,239 boys born in 1884 were named Isom (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 15.5% of all boys named Isom (277) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 183 | #336 (1884) | #433 |
| 1890s | 117 | #473 (1898) | #624 |
| 1900s | 115 | #596 (1901) | #749 |
| 1910s | 233 | #782 (1910) | #1,187 |
| 1920s | 277 | #1,180 (1920) | #1,442 |
| 1930s | 165 | #1,498 (1934) | #1,822 |
| 1940s | 169 | #1,496 (1942) | #1,795 |
| 1950s | 142 | #1,683 (1951) | #2,196 |
| 1960s | 57 | #2,414 (1963) | #3,185 |
| 1970s | 59 | #3,694 (1973) | #4,496 |
| 1980s | 57 | #3,858 (1981) | #5,360 |
| 1990s | 65 | #5,982 (1996) | #7,017 |
| 2000s | 49 | #7,236 (2009) | #9,548 |
| 2010s | 60 | #7,048 (2014) | #9,630 |
| 2020s | 35 | #8,910 (2025) | #11,205 |
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.
Isom in 1890
boys
#533
13 births · 1 in 8,540 boys
Top boys' names in 1890
More about 1890
boys
111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 8,540 of them was named Isom, which outranked 54.1% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).