Isami — boys' name
136 babies named Isami in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Isami was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Isami in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Isami
The Social Security Administration has registered 136 babies named Isami between 1914 and 1929, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Isami currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Isami performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Isami shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 100 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Isami in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Isami in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 136 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Isami at a glance
Last recorded 1929Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Isami popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1914
- Peak year (1916)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1929.
136 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 14 births in a single year.
Isami by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 72 births that decade — 53% of Isami's all-time total
Isami decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 64 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Isami's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Isami by state
Where Isami concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 100 | 73.5% |
100 of 136 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 73.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 73.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–1929 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.