Girls' name · since 1995
Issis
Issis has 159 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,185 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 159
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Issis is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 159 have been recorded since 1995.
Issis has 159 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2014.
- #22,185 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 159 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Issis ranks #22,185 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 159 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,185 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 159
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Issis's 159 recorded births place it above 69.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Issis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Issis splits its recorded history at 2006: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Issis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2014
- Peak year (2008)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Issis by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (117 births, 74% of the file).
2000s was Issis's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Issis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
117 births
- 2010s 29
2010s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 117 births (74% of all-time use).
Issis by state
Where Issis concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 3.8% |
6 of 159 births nationwide.
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What to do with Issis's data
- Issis's decade-level peak was the 2000s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Ississ (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Issis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1995–2014 (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 Issis 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.