# Isis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/isis/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈaɪ.sɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,893 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12 / 11,881 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 612, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Īsis from Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis), from Egyptian st-t:H8-B1 (ꜣst).

## 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 | 450 | 633 |
| 2012 | 467 | 615 |
| 2013 | 501 | 575 |
| 2014 | 401 | 704 |
| 2015 | 117 | 1,784 |
| 2016 | 53 | 3,119 |
| 2017 | 52 | 3,111 |
| 2018 | 53 | 3,074 |
| 2019 | 68 | 2,574 |
| 2020 | 71 | 2,451 |
| 2021 | 113 | 1,794 |
| 2022 | 114 | 1,800 |
| 2023 | 151 | 1,464 |
| 2024 | 230 | 1,080 |
| 2025 | 128 | 1,625 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 | 9,738 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,179 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 41 | 835 |
| 2010 | 48 | 758 |
| 2011 | 32 | 1,067 |
| 2012 | 44 | 857 |
| 2013 | 46 | 825 |
| 2014 | 31 | 1,120 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## People named Isis

- Isis King, American model and actress
- Ísis Valverde, Brazilian actress
- Isis Pogson, British astronomer and meteorologist
- Isis Holt, Australian track and field athlete
- Ice Spice, American rapper (born 2000)
- Poon Lok Yan, badminton player

## 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.