Issa
- #2,859 for girls in 2025, 59 births
- #1,677 for boys in 2025, 98 births
- Given to boys 71.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 115 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,288since 1969
Issa over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,859 | 59 | #1,677 | 98 |
| 2024 | #2,282 | 81 | #1,530 | 115 |
| 2023 | #2,789 | 61 | #1,591 | 109 |
| 2022 | #2,445 | 74 | #1,782 | 92 |
| 2021 | #2,848 | 59 | #1,841 | 84 |
| 2020 | #2,966 | 54 | #1,743 | 88 |
| 2019 | #2,891 | 57 | #2,001 | 73 |
| 2018 | #3,050 | 53 | #1,762 | 87 |
| 2017 | #3,697 | 41 | #2,130 | 64 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | #1,845 | 81 |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 | #2,386 | 54 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | #2,000 | 71 |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | #2,225 | 58 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #2,066 | 66 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #2,284 | 56 |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | #2,324 | 55 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | #2,663 | 46 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | #2,542 | 49 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | #2,034 | 68 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #2,621 | 45 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #2,008 | 62 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | #2,741 | 38 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | #2,128 | 52 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #2,470 | 40 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | #2,562 | 37 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #3,150 | 27 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #2,722 | 31 |
| 1998 | — | #2,711 | 30 | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #2,680 | 29 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #2,535 | 30 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #2,210 | 36 |
| 1994 | — | #2,392 | 32 | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #2,786 | 25 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #2,532 | 28 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #2,606 | 26 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #2,373 | 29 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,577 | 18 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #2,204 | 23 |
| 1980 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
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| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five boys were named Issa! It came in at #4,404, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1971, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Issa is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Michigan#601 · 1 in 3,092
- Ohio#940 · 1 in 6,567
- New York#1,055 · 1 in 7,675
- Texas#1,760 · 1 in 19,450
- California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246
Best ever in a state: #543 in Michigan, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #601 | 13 | 1 in 3,092 |
| Ohio | #940 | 8 | 1 in 6,567 |
| New York | #1,055 | 11 | 1 in 7,675 |
| Texas | #1,760 | 9 | 1 in 19,450 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 147 spots since 2024 (#1,530 → #1,677)
- 66 spots since 2020 (#1,743 → #1,677)
- 709 spots since 2015 (#2,386 → #1,677)
Rise & fade · boys
55 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 2024 at #1,530 (115 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
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 14,982
- Highest: 1 in 14,982 boys born in 2024 were named Issa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,429 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 29.1% of all boys named Issa (665) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,404 (1969) | #4,404 |
| 1970s | 107 | #2,279 (1978) | #3,300 |
| 1980s | 165 | #2,204 (1981) | #3,016 |
| 1990s | 296 | #2,210 (1995) | #2,555 |
| 2000s | 464 | #2,008 (2005) | #2,492 |
| 2010s | 665 | #1,762 (2018) | #2,102 |
| 2020s | 586 | #1,530 (2024) | #1,694 |
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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