Isaiahs

Peak · boys
2012 · 13 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
176
since 1998

Isaiahs over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Isaiahs has never cracked the top 6,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1990200020102020peak #6,306, 2012boys
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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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rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#8,9878
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2022#9,8237
2021#10,7996
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2019#8,2159
2018#9,6707
2017#8,8408
2016#12,1855
2015#7,49110
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2013#10,7286
2012#6,30613
2011#6,57812
2010#7,08711
2009#8,3109
2008#11,0376
2007#6,62212
2006#6,46012
2005#7,6409
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First appearance
1998

The first year at least five boys were named Isaiahs! It came in at #6,314, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1999–2000, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Isaiahs is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Isaiahs in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Isaiahs
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 4,517 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1998
  • Peaked 2012 at #6,306 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 145,919
  • Highest: 1 in 145,919 boys born in 2012 were named Isaiahs (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 46.0% of all boys named Isaiahs (81) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s9#6,314 (1998)#6,314
2000s60#6,460 (2006)#8,386
2010s81#6,306 (2012)#8,567
2020s26#8,987 (2024)#10,404

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.

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