Isaiah
Isaiah is ranked 56th among boys in 2024 (5,250 births). Its best rank was 39th, in 2006.
- Rank in 2024
- #56same as 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5,2500.31% of boys
- Peak year
- 200610,459 births
- Best rank
- #39in 2006
- Since 1880
- 248,633people given the name
The story in the numbers
248,633 boys have been named Isaiah in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 10,459 births — 0.51% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 48 → 56).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 37%. It has spent 143 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 29 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Isaiah | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 304 | |
| 1890s | 264 | |
| 1900s | 263 | |
| 1910s | 845 | |
| 1920s | 1,262 | |
| 1930s | 1,039 | |
| 1940s | 1,193 | |
| 1950s | 1,180 | |
| 1960s | 727 | |
| 1970s | 1,578 | |
| 1980s | 6,708 | |
| 1990s | 36,585 | |
| 2000s | 92,782 | |
| 2010s | 76,278 | |
| 2020s | 27,625 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Isaiah was the 39th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Isaiah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Loganpeak 2007
- Kolepeak 2009
- Cutterpeak 2003
- Haganpeak 2009
- Daylanpeak 2008
- Sebastienpeak 2007
- Isakpeak 2004
- Vishnupeak 2007
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.