Issei — #13514 US boys' name
33 babies named Issei in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 5% of names given to boys today.
64% of everyone ever named Issei was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Issei in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Issei
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Issei between 2013 and 2024, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Issei currently holds the #13514 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Issei performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Issei shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Issei 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 33 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.
Issei at a glance
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Current rank
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Issei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2013
- Peak year (2019)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
Currently ranks #13514 among boys.
33 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 9 births in a single year.
Issei by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 21 births that decade — 64% of Issei's all-time total
Issei decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Issei's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
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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, 2013–2024 (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.