Isiah

Last seen for girls in 2003 at #15,784 · #1,477 for boys in 2025, 120 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1894 · 43 births
Debut · boys
20 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
24,710
since 1880

Isiah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Isiah has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #268, 1894boys
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,477120
2024#1,308149
2023#1,397132
2022#1,330141
2021#1,339138
2020#1,353131
2019#1,214157
2018#1,139169
2017#1,126170
2016#1,020197
2015#1,089179
2014#1,057187
2013#816266
2012#776293
2011#639366
2010#589424
2009#535497
2008#443635
2007#446627
2006#405730
2005#387742
2004#383712
2003#15,7845#364734
2002#357746
2001#336822
2000#343797
1999#341781
1998#348768
1997#345741
1996#11,8076#365658
1995#463488
1994#539360
1993#570323
1992#512392
1991#467449
1990#433511
1989#465409
1988#526302
1987#640205
1986#877107
1985#777130
1984#796120
1983#858104
1982#831114
1981#90098
1980#1,13364
1979#1,17759
1978#1,12161
1977#1,15857
1976#1,12357
1975#1,09459
1974#1,15151
1973#1,12353
1972#1,12952
1971#1,19947
1970#1,23845
1969#1,02756
1968#89864
1967#81877
1966#87070
1965#1,02052
1964#79290
1963#92965
1962#89672
1961#87077
1960#94464
1959#756101
1958#728105
1957#750100
1956#79687
1955#700109
1954#722100
1953#71799
1952#660109
1951#693102
1950#69597
1949#640114
1948#608125
1947#647113
1946#592117
1945#65784
1944#559118
1943#615105
1942#64298
1941#59799
1940#66783
1939#565102
1938#60995
1937#63785
1936#577100
1935#62788
1934#68279
1933#59196
1932#570108
1931#565108
1930#599103
1929#524123
1928#554121
1927#591110
1926#533130
1925#539129
1924#538138
1923#513140
1922#534138
1921#583118
1920#551123
1919#494145
1918#532130
1917#59998
1916#65081
1915#58096
1914#483101
1913#58656
1912#43979
1911#39552
1910#32956
1909#33448
1908#36539
1907#35139
1906#40029
1905#34635
1904#39028
1903#34631
1902#37328
1901#43319
1900#31944
1899#40221
1898#36029
1897#36027
1896#33831
1895#30535
1894#26843
1893#31231
1892#30337
1891#32527
1890#30232
1889#46416
1888#30235
1887#29432
1886#36922
1885#33226
1884#36024
1883#33724
1882#32428
1881#33224
1880#38120
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Isiah was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.

Where Isiah is popular in 2014

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #748 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 5,534 boysILWisconsin: #653 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,567 boysWIMichigan: #959 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,144 boysMINew York: #1,121 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 10,274 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedIAIndiana: #610 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,017 boysINOhio: #1,075 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,048 boysOHPennsylvania: #1,072 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,130 boysPANew Jersey: #701 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,243 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,155 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 13,605 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedNEMissouri: #753 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,393 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #513 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,065 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #806 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,041 boysLAMississippi: #508 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,756 boysMSAlabama: #602 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,851 boysALGeorgia: #1,081 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,169 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Isiah, so not publishedHITexas: #1,109 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 10,973 boysTXFlorida: #959 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 8,001 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#508 · 1 in 2,756
  2. South Carolina#513 · 1 in 3,065
  3. Alabama#602 · 1 in 3,851
  4. Indiana#610 · 1 in 4,017
  5. Wisconsin#653 · 1 in 4,567

Best ever in a state: #84 in South Carolina, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#50851 in 2,756
South Carolina#51371 in 3,065
Alabama#60261 in 3,851
Indiana#61091 in 4,017
Wisconsin#65361 in 4,567
New Jersey#70181 in 5,243
Illinois#748121 in 5,534
Missouri#75361 in 5,393
Louisiana#80651 in 5,041
Florida#959121 in 8,001
Michigan#95961 in 8,144
Pennsylvania#1,07261 in 10,130
Ohio#1,07561 in 10,048
Georgia#1,08161 in 9,169
Texas#1,109171 in 10,973
New York#1,121101 in 10,274
California#1,155171 in 13,605
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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 Isiah
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 169 spots since 2024 (#1,308#1,477)
  • 124 spots since 2020 (#1,353#1,477)
  • 388 spots since 2015 (#1,089#1,477)
  • Biggest jump: 237 spots in 1987 (#877#640)
  • Biggest drop: 241 spots in 2014 (#816#1,057)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #268 (43 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 121 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1880–1964
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,364
  • Highest: 1 in 2,364 boys born in 2001 were named Isiah (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,234 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #268 in 1894, was only 1 in 2,692 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 28.5% of all boys named Isiah (7,042) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s251#294 (1887)#350
1890s313#268 (1894)#328
1900s340#319 (1900)#366
1910s894#329 (1910)#509
1920s1,270#513 (1923)#546
1930s964#565 (1931)#602
1940s1,056#559 (1944)#622
1950s1,009#660 (1952)#722
1960s687#792 (1964)#906
1970s541#1,094 (1975)#1,151
1980s1,653#465 (1989)#780
1990s5,471#341 (1999)#438
2000s7,042#336 (2001)#400
2010s2,408#589 (2010)#947
2020s811#1,308 (2024)#1,367

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.

Isiah in 2014

boys
#1,057
187 births · 1 in 10,272 boys

Top boys' names in 2014

  1. #1Noah19,344
  2. #2Liam18,488
  3. #3Mason17,225
  4. #4Jacob16,923
  5. #5William16,851
  6. #6Ethan15,749
  7. #7Michael15,505
  8. #8Alexander15,449
  9. #9James14,464
  10. #10Daniel13,961
  11. #1,057Isiah187
More about 2014

boys

1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 10,272 of them was named Isiah, which outranked 92.5% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isiah
  1. #1,054Denver188
  2. #1,054Kamren188
  3. #1,054Kenton188
  4. #1,057Isiah187
  5. #1,057Avi187
  6. #1,057Camryn187
  7. #1,057Elvis187
  8. #1,062Izayah186
  9. #1,062Rayyan186
  10. #1,064Ross185

Tied with 4 names at #1,057; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. 645Bode#1,427#782
  2. 624Axl#1,459#835
  3. 427Gannon#841#414
  4. 326Bodie#1,305#979
  5. 316Royal#886#570
Fallers
  1. 291Bently#897#1,188
  2. 261Damion#849#1,110
  3. 249Amare#598#847
  4. 241Isiah#816#1,057
  5. 241Jesiah#999#1,240

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

See the top 100 for 2014