Isham
Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 615since 1880
Isham over time
Rank among boys' names. Isham has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #1,911 | 17 |
| 1925 | #1,745 | 20 |
| 1924 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #1,434 | 27 |
| 1921 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #685 | 10 |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #603 | 11 |
| 1889 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #647 | 9 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #644 | 9 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #505 | 13 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Isham was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Isham is popular in 1880
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Isham
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 298 spots in 1893 (#1,066 → #768)
- Biggest drop: 297 spots in 1896 (#685 → #982)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #505 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1880–1884
- Highest: 1 in 8,499 boys born in 1880 were named Isham (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 24.6% of all boys named Isham (151) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 65 | #505 (1880) | #716 |
| 1890s | 53 | #603 (1890) | #829 |
| 1900s | 24 | #852 (1906) | #988 |
| 1910s | 100 | #1,365 (1913) | #2,101 |
| 1920s | 151 | #1,434 (1922) | #2,284 |
| 1930s | 56 | #2,542 (1933) | #2,802 |
| 1940s | 47 | #2,326 (1948) | #3,090 |
| 1950s | 36 | #2,592 (1954) | #3,569 |
| 1960s | 13 | #3,314 (1969) | #3,640 |
| 1970s | 25 | #4,012 (1976) | #4,754 |
| 1980s | 17 | #5,468 (1981) | #5,993 |
| 1990s | 11 | #7,178 (1990) | #7,707 |
| 2000s | 11 | #9,581 (2003) | #10,974 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,863 (2022) | #10,863 |
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.
Isham in 1880
Top boys' names in 1880
More about 1880
boys
110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 8,499 of them was named Isham, which outranked 52.3% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).