# Izzy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/izzy/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɪzi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Isy, Issy, Izzie |
| US babies named this | 1,562 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 375 / 1,187 (76% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,122, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the /ɪz-/ root of the names + -y. The common noun derives from Isaac and Israel, male given names of Hebrew origin, popular among Jewish people, the latter also being the name of the self-defined Jewish state.

## 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 | 30 | 4,729 |
| 2012 | 47 | 3,433 |
| 2013 | 39 | 3,874 |
| 2014 | 48 | 3,342 |
| 2015 | 55 | 3,070 |
| 2016 | 60 | 2,841 |
| 2017 | 60 | 2,823 |
| 2018 | 70 | 2,517 |
| 2019 | 63 | 2,713 |
| 2020 | 61 | 2,731 |
| 2021 | 100 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 140 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 102 | 1,939 |
| 2024 | 92 | 2,087 |
| 2025 | 102 | 1,903 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 7,710 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,771 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,041 |
| 2014 | 17 | 5,347 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,108 |
| 2016 | 24 | 4,244 |
| 2017 | 25 | 4,158 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5,885 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,662 |
| 2020 | 22 | 4,472 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5,209 |
| 2022 | 24 | 4,355 |
| 2023 | 20 | 4,954 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3,730 |
| 2025 | 25 | 4,182 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 81 | 520 |
| 2012 | 51 | 768 |
| 2013 | 65 | 626 |
| 2014 | 43 | 877 |
| 2015 | 42 | 871 |
| 2016 | 43 | 861 |
| 2017 | 33 | 1,063 |
| 2018 | 43 | 864 |
| 2019 | 33 | 1,039 |
| 2020 | 37 | 941 |
| 2021 | 30 | 1,128 |
| 2022 | 31 | 1,081 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,575 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,672 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,362 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Izzy

- Izzy Brown, English football player (born 1997)

## 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.