Isaiah

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #57 for boys in 2025, 5,267 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2006 · 10,459 births
Debut · boys
40 births
In top 100 · boys
30 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
254,020
since 1880

Isaiah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #39, 2006boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#575,267
2024#7,96713#565,286
2023#8,05513#565,162
2022#13,5926#585,430
2021#9,56210#565,724
2020#13,4536#516,094
2019#10,4739#536,214
2018#6,79217#516,719
2017#11,6158#467,262
2016#6,90117#477,573
2015#6,72118#497,658
2014#8,96612#487,657
2013#8,58013#447,903
2012#9,10912#428,190
2011#6,14821#438,555
2010#9,79011#438,589
2009#6,54420#419,259
2008#4,88230#429,670
2007#6,55220#4310,124
2006#5,54524#3910,459
2005#5,60022#459,527
2004#2,78158#459,264
2003#4,94325#498,900
2002#4,90624#458,965
2001#5,57020#438,589
2000#4,79124#478,029
1999#4,87022#517,500
1998#3,73031#596,487
1997#3,62631#606,003
1996#4,05926#715,324
1995#7,04112#1093,475
1994#11,7786#1691,870
1993#7,03812#2041,497
1992#8,06510#2121,449
1991#7,43011#2081,492
1990#8,5019#2051,489
1989#9,6817#2281,190
1988#10,3866#244978
1987#7,3539#267820
1986#8,5237#323619
1985#7,5638#319630
1984—#319605
1983#9,0156#336553
1982#8,2247#345538
1981#9,1106#396421
1980—#438355
1979—#482295
1978—#482283
1977—#520254
1976#9,2845#577198
1975—#712135
1974—#771109
1973—#85286
1972—#88782
1971—#88684
1970—#1,14252
1969—#1,02756
1968—#89864
1967—#98155
1966—#86071
1965—#88169
1964—#94565
1963—#94763
1962—#77995
1961—#78594
1960—#78295
1959—#761100
1958—#77792
1957—#700118
1956—#74597
1955—#669120
1954—#633135
1953—#678112
1952—#608134
1951—#601134
1950—#578138
1949—#555146
1948—#563140
1947—#586134
1946—#573125
1945—#554116
1944—#63993
1943—#597112
1942—#629101
1941—#564114
1940—#555113
1939—#64784
1938—#559108
1937—#545114
1936—#562105
1935—#58597
1934—#61194
1933—#557105
1932—#565109
1931—#576104
1930—#553119
1929—#506135
1928—#558120
1927—#569117
1926—#543125
1925—#546127
1924—#538138
1923—#560123
1922—#509148
1921—#611107
1920—#559122
1919—#503139
1918—#519133
1917—#566108
1916—#545110
1915—#59592
1914—#60968
1913—#53964
1912—#51059
1911—#51433
1910—#44039
1909—#40836
1908—#41333
1907—#44827
1906—#46523
1905—#47722
1904—#41725
1903—#41123
1902—#40425
1901—#46617
1900—#39332
1899—#33129
1898—#40923
1897—#38424
1896—#41722
1895—#39024
1894—#29136
1893—#41919
1892—#38424
1891—#36422
1890—#27041
1889—#52513
1888—#32431
1887—#27634
1886—#28835
1885—#31229
1884—#36923
1883—#29830
1882—#28337
1881—#27632
1880—#26740
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Isaiah was already there! It came in at #267, and was given to 40 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.

Where Isaiah is popular in 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #85 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 264 boysAKMaine: #103 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 305 boysMEVermont: #119 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 295 boysVTNew Hampshire: #83 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 269 boysNHWashington: #62 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 279 boysWAIdaho: #51 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 223 boysIDMontana: #84 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 257 boysMTNorth Dakota: #31 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 152 boysNDMinnesota: #90 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 354 boysMNIllinois: #56 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 263 boysILWisconsin: #70 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 288 boysWIMichigan: #44 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 222 boysMINew York: #107 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 465 boysNYMassachusetts: #83 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 327 boysMARhode Island: #67 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 197 boysRIOregon: #48 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 232 boysORNevada: #24 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 155 boysNVWyoming: #88 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 233 boysWYSouth Dakota: #48 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 179 boysSDIowa: #80 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 313 boysIAIndiana: #37 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 206 boysINOhio: #65 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 280 boysOHPennsylvania: #72 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 286 boysPANew Jersey: #92 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 390 boysNJConnecticut: #97 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 331 boysCTCalifornia: #42 for boys · 927 births · 1 in 219 boysCAUtah: #130 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 484 boysUTColorado: #84 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 327 boysCONebraska: #48 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 215 boysNEMissouri: #65 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 273 boysMOKentucky: #54 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 235 boysKYWest Virginia: #58 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 222 boysWVVirginia: #60 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 253 boysVAMaryland: #60 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 255 boysMDDelaware: #43 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 154 boysDEArizona: #39 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 194 boysAZNew Mexico: #16 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 131 boysNMKansas: #84 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 307 boysKSArkansas: #41 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 208 boysARTennessee: #46 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 226 boysTNNorth Carolina: #50 for boys · 218 births · 1 in 230 boysNCSouth Carolina: #56 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 234 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #63 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 234 boysDCOklahoma: #34 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 198 boysOKLouisiana: #50 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 246 boysLAMississippi: #90 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 337 boysMSAlabama: #58 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 254 boysALGeorgia: #44 for boys · 227 births · 1 in 229 boysGAHawaii: #34 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 168 boysHITexas: #46 for boys · 751 births · 1 in 232 boysTXFlorida: #40 for boys · 435 births · 1 in 218 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#16 · 1 in 131
  2. Nevada#24 · 1 in 155
  3. North Dakota#31 · 1 in 152
  4. Hawaii#34 · 1 in 168
  5. Oklahoma#34 · 1 in 198

Best ever in a state: #1 in New Mexico, 2006.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#16581 in 131
Nevada#24831 in 155
North Dakota#31251 in 152
Hawaii#34231 in 168
Oklahoma#34931 in 198
Indiana#371641 in 206
Arizona#391721 in 194
Florida#404351 in 218
Arkansas#41641 in 208
California#429271 in 219
Delaware#43211 in 154
Georgia#442271 in 229
Michigan#441981 in 222
Tennessee#461561 in 226
Texas#467511 in 232
Nebraska#48421 in 215
Oregon#48711 in 232
South Dakota#48211 in 179
Louisiana#50921 in 246
North Carolina#502181 in 230
Idaho#51351 in 223
Kentucky#54871 in 235
Illinois#562191 in 263
South Carolina#56881 in 234
Alabama#58891 in 254
West Virginia#58331 in 222
Maryland#601021 in 255
Virginia#601561 in 253
Washington#621221 in 279
District of Columbia#63161 in 234
Missouri#651091 in 273
Ohio#652021 in 280
Rhode Island#67171 in 197
Wisconsin#70871 in 288
Pennsylvania#721951 in 286
Iowa#80461 in 313
Massachusetts#83861 in 327
New Hampshire#83161 in 269
Colorado#84791 in 327
Kansas#84461 in 307
Montana#84131 in 257
Alaska#85111 in 264
Wyoming#8861 in 233
Minnesota#90741 in 354
Mississippi#90381 in 337
New Jersey#921021 in 390
Connecticut#97401 in 331
Maine#103131 in 305
New York#1072011 in 465
Vermont#11951 in 295
Utah#130401 in 484

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Isaiah
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#56 → #57)
  • 6 spots since 2020 (#51 → #57)
  • 8 spots since 2015 (#49 → #57)
  • Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1971 (#1,142 → #886)
  • Biggest drop: 201 spots in 1889 (#324 → #525)
Rise & fade · boys
126 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2006 at #39 (10,459 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 30 yrs · run 1996–2025
  • Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1880–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 197
  • Highest: 1 in 197 boys born in 2006 were named Isaiah (0.51%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324 boys born in 2025 (0.31%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 36.5% of all boys named Isaiah (92,786) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s304#267 (1880)#322
1890s264#270 (1890)#366
1900s263#393 (1900)#430
1910s845#440 (1910)#534
1920s1,262#506 (1929)#550
1930s1,039#545 (1937)#576
1940s1,194#554 (1945)#582
1950s1,180#578 (1950)#675
1960s727#779 (1962)#889
1970s1,578#482 (1979)#731
1980s6,709#228 (1989)#322
1990s36,586#51 (1999)#135
2000s92,786#39 (2006)#44
2010s76,320#42 (2012)#47
2020s32,963#51 (2020)#56

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.

Isaiah in 2019

girls
#10,473
9 births · 1 in 186,485 girls
boys
#53
6,214 births · 1 in 289 boys

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #10,473Isaiah9

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #53Isaiah6,214
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 186,485 of them was named Isaiah, which outranked 41.9% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isaiah
  1. #9,736Zoii10
  2. #9,736Zonnique10
  3. #9,736Zuzu10
  4. #10,473Isaiah9
  5. #10,473Aadhyasri9
  6. #10,473Aaima9
  7. #10,473Aakriti9
  8. #11,356Aahna8
  9. #11,356Aalina8
  10. #11,356Aaralynn8

Tied with 882 names at #10,473; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,081Amoura#2,059 → #978
  2. ↑ 553Theodora#1,406 → #853
  3. ↑ 456Navy#1,269 → #813
  4. ↑ 415Emani#1,371 → #956
  5. ↑ 403Yaritza#1,216 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 451Emmarie#990 → #1,441
  2. ↓ 368Saniyah#934 → #1,302
  3. ↓ 252Tatiana#692 → #944
  4. ↓ 229Zhavia#879 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 219Jayden#979 → #1,198

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

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 289 of them was named Isaiah, which outranked 99.6% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isaiah
  1. #50Hudson6,493
  2. #51Caleb6,416
  3. #52Charles6,406
  4. #53Isaiah6,214
  5. #54Ryan6,127
  6. #55Nathan6,090
  7. #56Adrian5,786
Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

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

See the top 100 for 2019 →