Recorded 1995–2021 Boys' name Peak 2018 66 births

Issah — boys' name

66 babies named Issah in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s222010s272020s12
2010s
Peak decade

41% of everyone ever named Issah was born in this single decade.

2018
Single peak year

10 babies were named Issah in 2018 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Issah

The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Issah between 1995 and 2021, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Issah currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Issah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Issah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Issah 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 66 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.

Issah at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

66

Since 1995

27 years of records

Peak year

2018

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1995

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2021

Issah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1995

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2018)
10
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
4681012 2021202020182017201620082006200320011995 5

Issah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
27 births that decade — 41% of Issah's all-time total
1990s52000s222010s272020s12

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Issah?
66 babies have been named Issah since 1995. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2018 with 10 births.
When was Issah most popular?
Issah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 27 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Issah been used?
Issah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 27 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Issah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Issac, Issa, Issiah, Issaiah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1995–2021 (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.