Izen — #6397 US boys' name
195 babies named Izen in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to boys today.
57% of everyone ever named Izen was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Izen in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Izen
The Social Security Administration has registered 195 babies named Izen between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Izen currently holds the #6397 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Izen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Izen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Izen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Izen 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 195 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.
Izen at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Izen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2022)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #6397 among boys.
195 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 23 births in a single year.
Izen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 111 births that decade — 57% of Izen's all-time total
Izen decade highlights
- Peak decade 111 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Izen's strongest decade
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Izen by state
Where Izen concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 3.6% |
7 of 195 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2009–2024 (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.