Boys' name · since 2009
Isan
Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 74 babies named Isan, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,444 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,090 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 74
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Isan currently ranks #8090 among boys' names in America, with 74 babies recorded since 2009.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isan has been recorded 74 times among boys since 2009, currently ranked #8090 nationally and more common than 42% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #19,444 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,090 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 74 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isan ranks #19,444 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,090 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 74 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,444 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,090 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 74
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Isan's 74 recorded births place it above 57.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Isan compares
74 22nd 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
Isan's all-time total is 80% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Isan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 74 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Isan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Isan's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Isan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Isan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (49 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Isan's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Isan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 49 births (66% of all-time use).
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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, 2009–2025 (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 Isan 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.