Recorded 1990–2016 Boys' name Peak 2006 91 births

Issai — boys' name

91 babies named Issai in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s122000s552010s24
2000s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Issai was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

14 babies were named Issai in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Issai

The Social Security Administration has registered 91 babies named Issai between 1990 and 2016, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Issai currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Issai performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Issai shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Issai in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Issai 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 91 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.

Issai at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

91

Since 1990

27 years of records

Peak year

2006

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1990

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2016

Issai popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1990

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2006)
14
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
46810121416 2016201120082006200220001990 5

Issai by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
55 births that decade — 60% of Issai's all-time total
1990s122000s552010s24

Issai by state

Where Issai concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Issai
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
7 7.7%
Texas share of Issai's total US births 7.7%

7 of 91 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Issai?
91 babies have been named Issai since 1990. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2006 with 14 births.
When was Issai most popular?
Issai was most popular in the 2000s decade with 55 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Issai most popular?
The top states for the name Issai are Texas (7 births).
How long has the name Issai been used?
Issai has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 27 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Issai?
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, 1990–2016 (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.