# Isadore (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/isadore/  
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 |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɪzədɔɹ/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,909 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,714 / 195 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

A non-standard variant of Isidore, possibly inspired by the well-known feminine variant Isadora of Isidora.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 5 | 3,419 |
| 1915 | 12 | 2,462 |
| 1916 | 12 | 2,564 |
| 1917 | 14 | 2,375 |
| 1918 | 7 | 4,056 |
| 1923 | 5 | 5,298 |
| 1925 | 10 | 3,221 |
| 1928 | 6 | 4,417 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,342 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,230 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,260 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,620 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,493 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,198 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,510 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 9,114 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,024 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,368 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,783 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,704 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,492 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,457 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,818 |
| 2019 | 15 | 5,930 |
| 2020 | 19 | 4,928 |
| 2021 | 19 | 5,000 |
| 2022 | 12 | 6,981 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,937 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,599 |
| 2025 | 15 | 5,963 |

## People named Isadore

- Isadore Singer, American mathematician (1924–2021)
- Isadore Sharp, Canadian businessman
- Joe Lieberman, American politician (1942–2024)
- Friz Freleng, American animator, cartoonist, director, and producer (1906–1995)
- I. J. Good, British statistician and cryptographer (1916–2009)
- Irving Mills, American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter (1894-1985)

## 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.