# Isra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/isra/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Izzy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,791 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 22 / 1,769 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,089, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 49 | 3,324 |
| 2012 | 63 | 2,785 |
| 2013 | 56 | 2,988 |
| 2014 | 54 | 3,092 |
| 2015 | 66 | 2,695 |
| 2016 | 61 | 2,814 |
| 2017 | 65 | 2,678 |
| 2018 | 70 | 2,515 |
| 2019 | 75 | 2,385 |
| 2020 | 79 | 2,267 |
| 2021 | 90 | 2,109 |
| 2022 | 110 | 1,851 |
| 2023 | 123 | 1,683 |
| 2024 | 129 | 1,616 |
| 2025 | 147 | 1,463 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 12,974 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,867 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,300 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12,759 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 92 | 464 |
| 2012 | 92 | 480 |
| 2013 | 85 | 500 |
| 2014 | 90 | 478 |
| 2015 | 66 | 625 |
| 2016 | 89 | 485 |
| 2017 | 80 | 541 |
| 2018 | 77 | 540 |
| 2019 | 93 | 453 |
| 2020 | 98 | 433 |
| 2021 | 115 | 389 |
| 2022 | 141 | 311 |
| 2023 | 153 | 289 |
| 2024 | 144 | 298 |
| 2025 | 153 | 294 |

## People named Isra

- Isra Hirsi, American environmental activist (born 2003)

## 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.