Isaiah
Isaiah was given to 5,267 boys in 2025, #57 among boys’ names; 254,710 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 246,000 Americans named Isaiah and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 18 years old and half are between 11 and 25.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Isaiah by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Isaiah mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Isaiah is “a male given name from Hebrew.”
From Ancient Greek Ἠσαΐας (Ēsaḯas) from Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū).
/aɪˈzeɪ.ə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Isaiah?
#57 among boys’ names, 2025
Isaiah fell from #49 in 2015 to #57 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 4.0 to 3.1 per 1,000.
10,483 babies in 2006, the peak
Isaiah peaked in 2006, when 10,483 babies were given it (10,459 boys, #39 among boys’ names). The 5,273 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 50% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,267 | #57 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 5,286 | #56 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 5,162 | #56 | 3.0 |
| 2022 | 5,430 | #58 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 5,724 | #56 | 3.3 |
| 2020 | 6,094 | #51 | 3.5 |
| 2019 | 6,214 | #53 | 3.5 |
| 2018 | 6,719 | #51 | 3.7 |
| 2017 | 7,262 | #46 | 3.9 |
| 2016 | 7,573 | #47 | 4.0 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7,658 | #49 | 4.0 |
| 2014 | 7,657 | #48 | 4.0 |
| 2013 | 7,903 | #44 | 4.2 |
| 2012 | 8,190 | #42 | 4.3 |
| 2011 | 8,555 | #43 | 4.5 |
| 2010 | 8,589 | #43 | 4.5 |
| 2009 | 9,259 | #41 | 4.7 |
| 2008 | 9,670 | #42 | 4.7 |
| 2007 | 10,124 | #43 | 4.9 |
| 2006 | 10,459 | #39 | 5.1 |
| 2005 | 9,527 | #45 | 4.8 |
| 2004 | 9,264 | #45 | 4.7 |
| 2003 | 8,900 | #49 | 4.5 |
| 2002 | 8,965 | #45 | 4.6 |
| 2001 | 8,589 | #43 | 4.4 |
| 2000 | 8,029 | #47 | 4.1 |
| 1999 | 7,500 | #51 | 3.9 |
| 1998 | 6,487 | #59 | 3.4 |
| 1997 | 6,003 | #60 | 3.2 |
| 1996 | 5,324 | #71 | 2.8 |
| 1995 | 3,475 | #109 | 1.8 |
| 1994 | 1,870 | #169 | 1.0 |
| 1993 | 1,497 | #204 | 0.76 |
| 1992 | 1,449 | #212 | 0.73 |
| 1991 | 1,492 | #208 | 0.74 |
| 1990 | 1,489 | #205 | 0.72 |
| 1989 | 1,190 | #228 | 0.59 |
| 1988 | 978 | #244 | 0.51 |
| 1987 | 820 | #267 | 0.44 |
| 1986 | 619 | #323 | 0.34 |
| 1985 | 630 | #320 | 0.34 |
| 1984 | 605 | #319 | 0.34 |
| 1983 | 553 | #336 | 0.31 |
| 1982 | 538 | #346 | 0.30 |
| 1981 | 421 | #396 | 0.24 |
| 1980 | 355 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1979 | 295 | #482 | 0.17 |
| 1978 | 283 | #482 | 0.17 |
| 1977 | 254 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1976 | 198 | #579 | 0.13 |
| 1975 | 135 | #715 | 0.09 |
| 1974 | 109 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 86 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1972 | 82 | #888 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 84 | #891 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,146 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 56 | #1,033 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 64 | #903 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 55 | #982 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 71 | #865 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 69 | #885 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 65 | #950 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 63 | #951 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 95 | #781 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 94 | #787 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 95 | #782 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 100 | #762 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 92 | #781 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 118 | #701 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 97 | #747 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 120 | #668 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 135 | #633 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 112 | #678 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 134 | #611 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 134 | #602 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 138 | #577 | 0.08 |
| 1949 | 146 | #555 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 140 | #564 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 134 | #588 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 125 | #574 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 116 | #556 | 0.09 |
| 1944 | 93 | #640 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 112 | #598 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 101 | #633 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 114 | #564 | 0.09 |
| 1940 | 113 | #558 | 0.10 |
| 1939 | 84 | #649 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 108 | #563 | 0.10 |
| 1937 | 114 | #546 | 0.11 |
| 1936 | 105 | #563 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 97 | #586 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 94 | #612 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 105 | #560 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 109 | #568 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 104 | #577 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 119 | #553 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 135 | #508 | 0.13 |
| 1928 | 120 | #558 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 117 | #571 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 125 | #543 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 127 | #546 | 0.11 |
| 1924 | 138 | #540 | 0.12 |
| 1923 | 123 | #561 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 148 | #509 | 0.14 |
| 1921 | 107 | #613 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 122 | #561 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 139 | #505 | 0.14 |
| 1918 | 133 | #523 | 0.13 |
| 1917 | 108 | #567 | 0.12 |
| 1916 | 110 | #546 | 0.12 |
| 1915 | 92 | #598 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 68 | #612 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 64 | #542 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 59 | #512 | 0.14 |
| 1911 | 33 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1910 | 39 | #441 | 0.20 |
| 1909 | 36 | #413 | 0.22 |
| 1908 | 33 | #416 | 0.21 |
| 1907 | 27 | #451 | 0.18 |
| 1906 | 23 | #468 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 22 | #484 | 0.17 |
| 1904 | 25 | #422 | 0.20 |
| 1903 | 23 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1902 | 25 | #408 | 0.20 |
| 1901 | 17 | #479 | 0.16 |
| 1900 | 32 | #396 | 0.21 |
| 1899 | 29 | #332 | 0.27 |
| 1898 | 23 | #412 | 0.19 |
| 1897 | 24 | #389 | 0.21 |
| 1896 | 22 | #420 | 0.18 |
| 1895 | 24 | #394 | 0.20 |
| 1894 | 36 | #292 | 0.31 |
| 1893 | 19 | #422 | 0.17 |
| 1892 | 24 | #388 | 0.20 |
| 1891 | 22 | #368 | 0.22 |
| 1890 | 41 | #271 | 0.37 |
| 1889 | 13 | #535 | 0.12 |
| 1888 | 31 | #328 | 0.26 |
| 1887 | 34 | #284 | 0.34 |
| 1886 | 35 | #292 | 0.32 |
| 1885 | 29 | #313 | 0.27 |
| 1884 | 23 | #370 | 0.20 |
| 1883 | 30 | #302 | 0.29 |
| 1882 | 37 | #285 | 0.33 |
| 1881 | 32 | #282 | 0.32 |
| 1880 | 40 | #268 | 0.36 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Isaiah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Isaiah has been given almost only to boys: 690 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Isaiah: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Isaiah, and how old are they?
246,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 254,710 Americans ever recorded as Isaiah. The median Isaiah alive today is 18 years old; half are between 11 and 25.
The 2020 Census counted 175,788 people named Isaiah (476 women and girls, 175,312 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 215,996 born in the U.S. The Census count is 19% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 368 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,370 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,030 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 22,100 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 136,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 83,500 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Isaiah born?
The states with the most babies named Isaiah are California, Texas and Florida, with 37% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 847 | #30 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 712 | #40 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 380 | #47 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 186 | #49 | 1.0× |
| New York | 183 | #96 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 172 | #62 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 153 | #76 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 152 | #73 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 147 | #82 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 143 | #56 | 0.8× |
Where Isaiah is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Isaiah is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Isaiah with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 291,668 babies since 1880, Isaiah is the most given (87% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5,273 of their 5,630 babies (94%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Isaiah
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Isaiah and names like it
- Compare Isaiah and IsiahBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sIsaiah peaked in 2006.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Isaiah since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Isaiah: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Isaiah.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Isaiah alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with IMost given first.