Girls' name · since 1895
Isma
108 babies named Isma in U.S. Social Security records since 1895, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,266 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 108
- born since 1895
- 1910s
- peak decade
Isma is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 108 have been recorded since 1895.
Isma has 108 recorded births among girls since 1895, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1895 to 2024.
- #26,266 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 108 born since 1895
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isma ranks #26,266 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 108 born since 1895, peaking in the 1910s.
- #26,266 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 108
- born since 1895
- 1910s
- peak decade
Isma's 108 recorded births place it above 63.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Isma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Isma splits its recorded history at 2000: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1895 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1914 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Isma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1895–2024
- Peak year (1914)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 130 years of records
Isma by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (30 births, 28% of the file).
1910s was Isma's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Isma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 10
1890s
10 births
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
30 births
- 1920s 9
1920s
9 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
15 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 30 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Isma's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 2020s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Isma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1914)
Similar record span (~129 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1895–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Isma draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.