Isiah
Isiah is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 148 births. Its best rank was 268th, in 1894.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1480.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2001822 births
- Best rank
- #268in 1894
- Since 1880
- 24,587people given the name
The story in the numbers
24,587 boys have been named Isiah in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 822 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 2000s alone account for 29%. It has spent 121 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Isiah | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 251 | |
| 1890s | 313 | |
| 1900s | 340 | |
| 1910s | 894 | |
| 1920s | 1,270 | |
| 1930s | 964 | |
| 1940s | 1,056 | |
| 1950s | 1,009 | |
| 1960s | 687 | |
| 1970s | 541 | |
| 1980s | 1,653 | |
| 1990s | 5,471 | |
| 2000s | 7,042 | |
| 2010s | 2,407 | |
| 2020s | 689 |
In 2001, its biggest year
Isiah was the 336th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2001 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Isiah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Colemanpeak 1997
- Samuelpeak 2001
- Jakepeak 2004
- Emanuelpeak 2007
- Duncanpeak 1997
- Esaupeak 2007
- Alexpeak 1993
- Turnerpeak 2019
Other spellings in the data
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.