Yeshaya — #2891 US boys' name
814 babies named Yeshaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 80% of names given to boys today.
35% of everyone ever named Yeshaya was born in this single decade.
44 babies were named Yeshaya in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yeshaya
The Social Security Administration has registered 814 babies named Yeshaya between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yeshaya currently holds the #2891 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 44 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yeshaya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 287 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yeshaya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 316 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Yeshaya in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yeshaya 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 814 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.
Yeshaya at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yeshaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2024)
- 44
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #2891 among boys.
814 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 44 births in a single year.
Yeshaya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 287 births that decade — 35% of Yeshaya's all-time total
Yeshaya decade highlights
- Peak decade 287 births
- Runner-up 187 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Yeshaya's strongest decade
287 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Yeshaya by state
Where Yeshaya concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 316 | 38.8% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 214 | 26.3% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.6% |
316 of 814 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 38.8% of nationwide
- New Jersey 26.3% of nationwide
- Maryland 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 38.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1976–2024 (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.