Girls' name · since 1985
Isra
1,769 babies named Isra in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,119 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,462 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,769
- born since 1985
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,769 babies have been named Isra since 1985, making it today's #1462 girls' name.
Isra has 1,769 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1462 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #5,119 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,462 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,769 born since 1985
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isra ranks #5,119 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,462 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,769 born since 1985, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,119 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,462 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,769
- born since 1985
- 2020s
- peak decade
Isra's 1,769 recorded births place it above 92.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Minnesota.
How Isra compares
1,769 Top 24% higher than 76% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Isra's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Isra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,769 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 147 | 21 | 19,840 |
Isra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Isra splits its recorded history at 2006: 82% of all births land in the more recent half, 18% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 147 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Isra popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 147
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Isra popularity over time - boys
22 total births recorded since 2016 (Isra as boys' name)
Isra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (678 births, 38% of the file).
2020s was Isra's strongest decade.
678 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Isra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 28
1980s
28 births
- 1990s 115
1990s
115 births
- 2000s
2000s
337 births
- 2010s
2010s
611 births
- 2020s
2020s
678 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 678 births (38% of all-time use).
How Isra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Isra's total volume
Isra by state
Where Isra concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 237 | 13.4% |
| #2 | California | | 136 | 7.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 133 | 7.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 102 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 82 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 55 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 38 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 27 | 1.5% |
237 of 1,769 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Isra appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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- Minnesota records the most Isras (237 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1985–2025 (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 Isra 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.