Isaiah

Where Isaiah comes from

From Ancient Greek Ἠσαΐας (Ēsaḯas) from Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū).
— Wiktionary's entry for Isaiah
  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
Isaiah through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #267 among boys, with 40 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 2006
    Peak, #39
    10,459 babies named Isaiah, the most in any year.
  3. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #56.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Isaiah in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.