Isay — boys' name

What the Data Says About Isay

The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Isay between 2002 and 2015, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Isay currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Isay performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Isay shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Isay 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 84 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.