Recorded 1995–2014 Girls' name Peak 2008 159 births

Issis — girls' name

159 babies named Issis in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s132000s1172010s29
2000s
Peak decade

74% of everyone ever named Issis was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

18 babies were named Issis in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Issis

The Social Security Administration has registered 159 babies named Issis between 1995 and 2014, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Issis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Issis performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Issis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Issis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Issis 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 159 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.

Issis at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

159

Since 1995

20 years of records

Peak year

2008

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1995

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2014

Issis popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1995

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2008)
18
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
05101520 201420112009200720052003200119991995 5

Issis by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
117 births that decade — 74% of Issis's all-time total
1990s132000s1172010s29

Issis by state

Where Issis concentrates geographically — total births since 1995

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Issis
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
6 3.8%
California share of Issis's total US births 3.8%

6 of 159 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Issis?
159 babies have been named Issis since 1995. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2008 with 18 births.
When was Issis most popular?
Issis was most popular in the 2000s decade with 117 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Issis most popular?
The top states for the name Issis are California (6 births).
How long has the name Issis been used?
Issis has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 20 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Issis?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Issabella, Issa, Issabelle, Issabela, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1995–2014 (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.