# Isam (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/isam/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | “security”, “pledge” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Izzy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 299 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 299 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 145, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic عِصَام (ʕiṣām, “security, pledge”).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | 10,262 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,997 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9,070 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,986 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,113 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,048 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,823 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,075 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,282 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,821 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,900 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,287 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,216 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,299 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,080 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8 | 2,276 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Isam

- Isam Bachiri, Danish singer, rapper and songwriter

## 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.