Isidor — #8976 US boys' name
411 babies named Isidor in U.S. Social Security records since 1883, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Isidor was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Isidor in 1914 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Isidor
The Social Security Administration has registered 411 babies named Isidor between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Isidor currently holds the #8976 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Isidor performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 160 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Isidor shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 97 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Isidor in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Isidor 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 411 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.
Isidor at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Isidor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1883
- Peak year (1914)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 142 years of records
Currently ranks #8976 among boys.
411 total births across 142 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1914 with 24 births in a single year.
Isidor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 160 births that decade — 39% of Isidor's all-time total
Isidor decade highlights
- Peak decade 160 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Isidor's strongest decade
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Isidor by state
Where Isidor concentrates geographically — total births since 1883
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 97 | 23.6% |
97 of 411 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 23.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 23.6% 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, 1883–2024 (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.