Isatou — #15951 US girls' name
326 babies named Isatou in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Isatou was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Isatou in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Isatou
The Social Security Administration has registered 326 babies named Isatou between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Isatou currently holds the #15951 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Isatou performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Isatou shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 68 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Isatou in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Isatou 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 326 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.
Isatou at a glance
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Current rank
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Isatou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2003)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #15951 among girls.
326 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 22 births in a single year.
Isatou by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 136 births that decade — 42% of Isatou's all-time total
Isatou decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 91 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Isatou's strongest decade
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Isatou by state
Where Isatou concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
Top 5 states
- New York 20.9% of nationwide
- Maryland 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 20.9% 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, 1991–2024 (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.