# Isiah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/isiah/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Izzy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,721 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 24,710 / 11 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 341, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 12,413 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,712 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 366 | 639 |
| 2012 | 293 | 776 |
| 2013 | 266 | 816 |
| 2014 | 187 | 1,060 |
| 2015 | 179 | 1,090 |
| 2016 | 197 | 1,020 |
| 2017 | 170 | 1,127 |
| 2018 | 169 | 1,139 |
| 2019 | 157 | 1,214 |
| 2020 | 131 | 1,357 |
| 2021 | 138 | 1,343 |
| 2022 | 141 | 1,332 |
| 2023 | 132 | 1,397 |
| 2024 | 149 | 1,309 |
| 2025 | 120 | 1,480 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,289 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,407 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Isiah

- Isiah Thomas, American basketball player, coach, executive
- Isiah Whitlock Jr., American actor (1954–2025)
- Isiah Young, American sprint athlete
- Isiah Pacheco, American football player (born 1999)
- Tre Jones, American basketball player (born 2000)

## 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.