Recorded 2002–2018 Boys' name Peak 2002 15 births

Isau — boys' name

15 babies named Isau in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s102010s5
2000s
Peak decade

67% of everyone ever named Isau was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

5 babies were named Isau in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Isau

The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Isau between 2002 and 2018, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Isau currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 5 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Isau performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Isau shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Isau 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 15 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.

Isau at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

15

Since 2002

17 years of records

Peak year

2002

5 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2002

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2018

Isau popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2002

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2002)
5
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
5 201820082002 5

Isau by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
10 births that decade — 67% of Isau's all-time total
2000s102010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Isau?
15 babies have been named Isau since 2002. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2002 with 5 births.
When was Isau most popular?
Isau was most popular in the 2000s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Isau been used?
Isau has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 17 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Isau?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Isaac, Isaiah, Isaias, Isai, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2002–2018 (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.