Isis

Isis was the #1,622 girls' name in the US in 2025 (128 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales.

Isis as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Isis 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Isis 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#1,622 (128)#3,035 (8)——
2024#1,077 (230)#3,696 (6)——
2023#1,462 (151)#2,928 (8)——
2022#1,793 (114)#4,646 (4)—#2,315 (8)
2021#1,791 (113)#5,581 (3)—#3,280 (5)
2020#2,441 (71)#4,535 (4)—#2,591 (7)
2019#2,561 (68)———
2018#3,050 (53)———
2017#3,091 (52)#5,765 (3)—#2,876 (6)
2016#3,100 (53)#5,785 (3)——
2015#1,778 (117)#4,736 (4)—#1,874 (11)
2014#703 (401)#1,120 (31)#876 (3)#948 (28)
2013#575 (501)#825 (46)—#1,057 (24)
2012#615 (467)#857 (44)—#1,248 (20)
2011#633 (450)#1,067 (32)#798 (4)#1,122 (22)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #522.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1901.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Isis is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,800 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Isis by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: 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: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: 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: #1,437NCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,714TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Isis (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IsisCanadaGirls—too few
IsisEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
IsisIrelandGirls—too few
IsisNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
IsisUSGirls#1,622128
IsisUSBoys—too few