Isam
#9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 299since 1880
Isam over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Isam has never cracked the top 900 here.
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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 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,942 | 8 |
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| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
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| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
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| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
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| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
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| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
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| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
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| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
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| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Isam was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Isam
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 180 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #9,714)
- 2,372 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #909 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1880
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,098
- Highest: 1 in 22,098 boys born in 1880 were named Isam (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 23.7% of all boys named Isam (71) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #909 (1880) | #909 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 5 | #3,981 (1917) | #3,981 |
| 1920s | 49 | #3,023 (1924) | #3,805 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,763 (1931) | #3,763 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 6 | #3,537 (1965) | #3,537 |
| 1970s | 7 | #4,418 (1976) | #4,418 |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,238 (1983) | #6,595 |
| 1990s | 54 | #5,466 (1998) | #7,631 |
| 2000s | 60 | #7,590 (2007) | #9,625 |
| 2010s | 71 | #7,095 (2017) | #10,031 |
| 2020s | 27 | #9,714 (2025) | #10,058 |
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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