# Isaiah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/isaiah/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /aɪˈzeɪ.ə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Izzy |
| Variant spellings | Isiah |
| US babies named this | 254,710 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 254,020 / 690 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,967, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἠσαΐας (Ēsaḯas) from Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū).

## 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 | 21 | 6,223 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,315 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,764 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,194 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,833 |
| 2016 | 17 | 7,030 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,056 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,917 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,819 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,118 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,841 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,261 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,227 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,151 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,869 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8,555 | 43 |
| 2012 | 8,190 | 42 |
| 2013 | 7,903 | 44 |
| 2014 | 7,657 | 48 |
| 2015 | 7,658 | 49 |
| 2016 | 7,573 | 47 |
| 2017 | 7,262 | 46 |
| 2018 | 6,719 | 51 |
| 2019 | 6,214 | 53 |
| 2020 | 6,094 | 51 |
| 2021 | 5,724 | 56 |
| 2022 | 5,430 | 58 |
| 2023 | 5,162 | 56 |
| 2024 | 5,286 | 56 |
| 2025 | 5,267 | 57 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 190 | 253 |
| 2012 | 164 | 283 |
| 2013 | 171 | 273 |
| 2014 | 230 | 240 |
| 2015 | 222 | 243 |
| 2016 | 237 | 237 |
| 2017 | 283 | 192 |
| 2018 | 299 | 177 |
| 2019 | 276 | 189 |
| 2020 | 323 | 164 |
| 2021 | 316 | 172 |
| 2022 | 318 | 162 |
| 2023 | 310 | 167 |
| 2024 | 297 | 170 |
| 2025 | 338 | 156 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Եսայի
- Czech: Izajáš
- Danish: Esajas
- Dutch: Jesaja
- Estonian: Jesaja
- Finnish: Esa, Esaias
- French: Isaïe
- German: Jesaja
- Greek: Ησαΐας
- Hungarian: Ézsaiás
- Icelandic: Jesaja
- Italian: Isaia
- Japanese: イザヤ
- Latin: Isaias
- Latvian: Jesaja
- Lithuanian: Izaija
- Norwegian: Esaias
- Polish: Izajasz
- Portuguese: Isaías
- Romanian: Isaia

## 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.