NameTides

Isa

Isa was the #929 boys' name in the US in 2025 (253 babies), and #238 in England & Wales and #359 in Canada.

Isa as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Isa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUSIreland
Isa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#929 (253)#238 (207)—#829 (3)#359 (92)
2024#1,023 (218)#252 (190)#535 (5)#785 (3)#459 (67)
2023#1,185 (171)#304 (146)——#509 (54)
2022#1,447 (125)#349 (121)#703 (3)#779 (3)#489 (57)
2021#1,245 (153)#365 (124)——#498 (59)
2020#1,297 (139)#443 (91)——#585 (44)
2019#1,459 (119)#374 (116)——#607 (44)
2018#1,418 (123)#360 (125)——#712 (35)
2017#1,373 (129)#383 (118)#602 (4)—#845 (28)
2016#1,491 (114)#344 (136)#707 (3)—#833 (29)
2015#1,481 (112)#317 (148)#686 (3)—#827 (28)
2014#1,597 (98)#372 (110)—#715 (3)#784 (30)
2013#1,613 (95)#295 (151)——#695 (35)
2012#1,478 (109)#326 (137)——#813 (28)
2011#1,886 (74)#288 (155)——#792 (28)

Isa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Isa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSEngland & Wales
Isa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,710 (119)#4,867 (4)#885 (3)—
2024#1,966 (100)#4,193 (5)—#2,445 (8)
2023#2,244 (83)#4,057 (5)—#3,290 (5)
2022#1,930 (103)#3,971 (5)—#2,835 (6)
2021#2,345 (77)——#3,280 (5)
2020#2,023 (92)#5,493 (3)—#2,873 (6)
2019#2,035 (94)——#1,922 (11)
2018#1,925 (103)#4,684 (4)—#2,892 (6)
2017#2,160 (88)#3,583 (6)——
2016#2,463 (74)——#3,294 (5)
2015#2,471 (73)#3,615 (6)#896 (3)—
2014#2,049 (95)#5,691 (3)——
2013#2,769 (62)#3,160 (7)#894 (3)—
2012#2,805 (62)#5,876 (3)—#3,334 (5)
2011#2,725 (64)#5,785 (3)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #929.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.
  • In 2025, 32% of US babies named Isa were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Isa is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 8,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Isa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #513ILMichigan: #679MINew York: #527NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: #523NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #862CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #452VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #828TXFlorida: #958FL
Isa (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#26451

Isa (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IsaCanadaGirls—too few
IsaCanadaBoys#35992
IsaEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
IsaEngland & WalesBoys#238207
IsaIrelandGirls#8853
IsaIrelandBoys#8293
IsaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
IsaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
IsaScotlandBoys—too few
IsaUSGirls#1,710119
IsaUSBoys#929253