Izaiah — #608 US boys' name
14,453 babies named Izaiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Izaiah was born in this single decade.
742 babies were named Izaiah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Izaiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 14,453 babies named Izaiah between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Izaiah currently holds the #608 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 742 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Izaiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 6,038 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Izaiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,663 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Izaiah in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Izaiah 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 14,453 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.
Izaiah at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Izaiah popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (2009)
- 742
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #608 among boys.
14,453 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 742 births in a single year.
Izaiah popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 2010 (Izaiah as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Izaiah accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Izaiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 6,038 births that decade — 42% of Izaiah's all-time total
Izaiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 6,038 births
- Runner-up 5,044 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Izaiah's strongest decade
6,038 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Izaiah by state
Where Izaiah concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,663 | 18.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,961 | 13.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 905 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 570 | 3.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 538 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 466 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 425 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 398 | 2.8% |
2,663 of 14,453 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.4% of nationwide
- Texas 13.6% of nationwide
- Florida 6.3% of nationwide
- Arizona 3.9% of nationwide
- New York 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 44 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Izaiah appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1984–2024 (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.