NameTides

Isaiah

Isaiah was the #57 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5,267 babies), and #156 in England & Wales and #95 in Canada.

Isaiah as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Isaiah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandIreland
Isaiah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#57 (5,267)#156 (338)#400 (8)#270 (6)#577 (5)#95 (326)#72 (113)#94 (83)
2024#56 (5,286)#170 (297)#352 (10)#187 (11)#394 (9)#92 (308)#80 (102)#88 (88)
2023#56 (5,162)#167 (310)#533 (5)#232 (8)#396 (9)#91 (325)#79 (102)—
2022#58 (5,430)#162 (318)#392 (8)#414 (3)#657 (4)#97 (331)—#99 (71)
2021#56 (5,724)#172 (316)#477 (6)#326 (5)#390 (9)#100 (343)#98 (97)—
2020#51 (6,094)#164 (323)#536 (5)#213 (9)#637 (4)#109 (311)#78 (113)—
2019#53 (6,214)#189 (276)#516 (5)#312 (5)#764 (3)#106 (325)#99 (94)—
2018#51 (6,719)#177 (299)#516 (5)#365 (4)#435 (8)#106 (343)——
2017#46 (7,262)#192 (283)—#318 (5)#547 (5)#114 (336)#80 (112)—
2016#47 (7,573)#237 (237)#707 (3)—#448 (7)#109 (356)——
2015#49 (7,658)#243 (222)—#342 (4)#615 (4)#110 (364)——
2014#48 (7,657)#240 (230)#680 (3)—#508 (6)#119 (348)——
2013#44 (7,903)#273 (171)———#116 (343)——
2012#42 (8,190)#283 (164)—#346 (4)—#109 (368)——
2011#43 (8,555)#253 (190)——#623 (4)#105 (379)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #39.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 320 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 320common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 800common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 490common

Next year

On its recent trend, Isaiah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 330 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 320 to 1 in 350.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Isaiah by state, 2025Alaska: #65AKMaine: #126MEWisconsin: #100WIVermont: #102VTNew Hampshire: #110NHWashington: #47WAIdaho: #89IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: #70NDMinnesota: #88MNIllinois: #73ILMichigan: #56MINew York: #96NYMassachusetts: #73MAOregon: #45ORNevada: #32NVWyoming: #89WYSouth Dakota: #50SDIowa: #132IAIndiana: #71INOhio: #62OHPennsylvania: #82PANew Jersey: #100NJConnecticut: #126CTRhode Island: #90RICalifornia: #30CAUtah: #124UTColorado: #86CONebraska: #69NEMissouri: #58MOKentucky: #70KYWest Virginia: #58WVVirginia: #70VAMaryland: #57MDDelaware: #142DEArizona: #40AZNew Mexico: #39NMKansas: #74KSArkansas: #56ARTennessee: #65TNNorth Carolina: #75NCSouth Carolina: #60SCDistrict of Columbia: #139DCOklahoma: #43OKLouisiana: #36LAMississippi: #39MSAlabama: #84ALGeorgia: #49GAHawaii: #26HITexas: #40TXFlorida: #47FL
Isaiah (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#82146
Quebec2025#19228

Isaiah (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
IsaiahCanadaGirls#3,0446
IsaiahCanadaBoys#95326
IsaiahEngland & WalesBoys#156338
IsaiahIrelandBoys#5775
IsaiahNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
IsaiahNSWBoys#72113
IsaiahScotlandBoys#4008
IsaiahUSGirls#13,2086
IsaiahUSBoys#575,267
IsaiahVICBoys#9483