Isiah
A spelling variant of Isaiah, from the Hebrew Yesha'yahu, meaning Yahweh is salvation, the name of a major Old Testament prophet.
Isiah in 2025
Isiah was given to 120 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 3,136th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 27,628 babies born.
The history of Isiah
Isiah reached its highest point in 2001, when 822 babies were given the name, ranking 696th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 657th, in 1882.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 24,721 babies have been named Isiah. Half of them were born before 1997, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Isiah by decade
| Decade | Babies named Isiah | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 251 | 657 |
| 1890s | 313 | 683 |
| 1900s | 340 | 829 |
| 1910s | 894 | 870 |
| 1920s | 1,270 | 1,128 |
| 1930s | 964 | 1,177 |
| 1940s | 1,056 | 1,207 |
| 1950s | 1,009 | 1,509 |
| 1960s | 687 | 1,904 |
| 1970s | 541 | 2,625 |
| 1980s | 1,653 | 1,030 |
| 1990s | 5,477 | 703 |
| 2000s | 7,047 | 696 |
| 2010s | 2,408 | 1,262 |
| 2020s | 811 | 2,743 |
Where Isiah is heading
Isiah has fallen 33% over the past decade, from 179 babies in 2015 to 120 in 2025.
Names like Isiah
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Isiah.