Girls' name · since 1998
Isaly
Isaly has 169 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,549 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 169
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Isaly is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 169 have been recorded since 1998.
Isaly has 169 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1998 to 2022.
- #21,549 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 169 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isaly ranks #21,549 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 169 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,549 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 169
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Isaly's 169 recorded births place it above 70.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Isaly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Isaly splits its recorded history at 2010: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Isaly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2022
- Peak year (2020)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2022.
169 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 13 births in a single year.
Isaly by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (70 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Isaly's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Isaly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 70 births (41% of all-time use).
Isaly decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Isaly by state
Where Isaly concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 47 | 27.8% |
47 of 169 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 27.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 27.8% of all recorded births nationwide - a strong regional concentration for this name.
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- Isaly's decade-level peak was the 2000s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Isalys (47 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Isaly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1998–2022 (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 Isaly 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.
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