Isaul — boys' name
163 babies named Isaul in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Isaul was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Isaul in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Isaul
The Social Security Administration has registered 163 babies named Isaul between 1979 and 2023, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Isaul currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Isaul performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Isaul shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Isaul in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Isaul 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 163 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.
Isaul at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Isaul popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1979
- Peak year (1988)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
163 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 14 births in a single year.
Isaul by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 48 births that decade — 29% of Isaul's all-time total
Isaul decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Isaul's strongest decade
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Isaul by state
Where Isaul concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 7.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 3.1% |
12 of 163 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.4% of nationwide
- Texas 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1979–2023 (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.