# Isa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/isa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈisə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,575 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,142 / 3,433 (52% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,250, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Isabel, Isabella and Isabelle.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64 | 2,744 |
| 2012 | 62 | 2,816 |
| 2013 | 62 | 2,784 |
| 2014 | 95 | 2,059 |
| 2015 | 73 | 2,486 |
| 2016 | 74 | 2,467 |
| 2017 | 88 | 2,171 |
| 2018 | 103 | 1,929 |
| 2019 | 94 | 2,038 |
| 2020 | 92 | 2,026 |
| 2021 | 77 | 2,354 |
| 2022 | 103 | 1,937 |
| 2023 | 83 | 2,250 |
| 2024 | 100 | 1,973 |
| 2025 | 119 | 1,717 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74 | 1,892 |
| 2012 | 109 | 1,483 |
| 2013 | 95 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 98 | 1,602 |
| 2015 | 112 | 1,485 |
| 2016 | 114 | 1,492 |
| 2017 | 129 | 1,373 |
| 2018 | 123 | 1,424 |
| 2019 | 119 | 1,464 |
| 2020 | 139 | 1,301 |
| 2021 | 153 | 1,247 |
| 2022 | 125 | 1,450 |
| 2023 | 171 | 1,185 |
| 2024 | 218 | 1,024 |
| 2025 | 253 | 933 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 155 | 288 |
| 2012 | 137 | 326 |
| 2013 | 151 | 295 |
| 2014 | 110 | 372 |
| 2015 | 148 | 317 |
| 2016 | 136 | 344 |
| 2017 | 118 | 383 |
| 2018 | 125 | 360 |
| 2019 | 116 | 374 |
| 2020 | 91 | 443 |
| 2021 | 124 | 365 |
| 2022 | 121 | 349 |
| 2023 | 146 | 304 |
| 2024 | 190 | 252 |
| 2025 | 207 | 238 |

## People named Isa

- Isa II of Bahrain, Emir of Bahrain (1961-1999)
- Isa Gambar, Azerbaijani politician (born 1957)
- Al-Mu'azzam Isa, Ayyubid Sultan of Damascus 1218–1227
- Isa Briones, American actor (born 1999)
- Isa Munayev, Chechen military commander (1965-2015)
- Ayatollah Isa Qassim, Bahrani scholar and politician
- Isa Guha, England cricketer (born 1985)
- Isa Asp, Finnish poet
- Isa Qosja, Albanian film director, screenwriter and actor
- Isa Khan, Bhuyan chieftain (1529-1599)
- Isa Bowman, British actress (1874–1958)
- Isa ibn Shaykh ibn al-Salil al-Dhuhli al-Shaybani, 9th-century Arab leader of the Shayban tribe

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.