Boys' name · since 1980
Isais
Isais has 208 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,715 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,974 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 208
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Isais is the #9974 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 208 recorded since 1980.
Isais has 208 recorded births among boys since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9974 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #12,715 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,974 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 208 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isais ranks #12,715 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,974 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 208 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,715 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,974 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 208
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Isais's 208 recorded births place it above 72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Isais compares
208 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Isais's all-time total is 44% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Isais | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 208 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Isais's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Isais splits its recorded history at 2007: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Isais popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Isais by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (67 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Isais's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Isais births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 67 births (32% of all-time use).
Isais by state
Where Isais concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 208 births nationwide.
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What to do with Isais's data
- Isais's decade-level peak was the 2000s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Isaiss (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Isais: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Isais draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.