Girls' name · since 1990
Israa
Israa has 675 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,743 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,167 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 675
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Israa is the #5167 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 675 recorded since 1990.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Israa has been recorded 675 times among girls since 1990, currently ranked #5167 nationally and more common than 70% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #9,743 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,167 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 675 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Israa ranks #9,743 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,167 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 675 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,743 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,167 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 675
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Israa's 675 recorded births place it above 86.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Michigan.
How Israa compares
675 Top 39% higher than 61% 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
Israa's all-time total is 80% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Israa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 675 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 21 | 19,840 |
Israa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Israa's full recorded timeline at 2008, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 41 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Israa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Israa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (257 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Israa's strongest decade.
257 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Israa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
107 births
- 2000s
2000s
163 births
- 2010s
2010s
257 births
- 2020s
2020s
148 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 257 births (38% of all-time use).
How Israa 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 Israa's total volume
Israa by state
Where Israa concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 21 | 3.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 12 | 1.8% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.7% |
21 of 675 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Israa's data
- Israa's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (257 total births) through the 2020s (148) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Michigan records the most Israas (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Israa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Israa 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.