NameTides

Issa

Issa was the #1,677 boys' name in the US in 2025 (98 babies), and #627 in England & Wales and #782 in Canada.

Issa as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Issa 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandUS
Issa 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,677 (98)#627 (59)#762 (3)—#782 (34)
2024#1,530 (115)#630 (60)—#785 (3)#686 (39)
2023#1,591 (109)#539 (71)—#770 (3)#577 (47)
2022#1,782 (92)#758 (43)—#657 (4)#745 (34)
2021#1,841 (84)#659 (55)——#784 (33)
2020#1,743 (88)#723 (45)—#741 (3)#943 (24)
2019#2,001 (73)#731 (45)——#713 (35)
2018#1,762 (87)#870 (35)——#910 (25)
2017#2,130 (64)#684 (51)——#890 (26)
2016#1,845 (81)#1,022 (28)——#911 (25)
2015#2,386 (54)#833 (37)——#791 (30)
2014#2,000 (71)#730 (44)——#928 (24)
2013#2,225 (58)#821 (37)——#1,164 (17)
2012#2,066 (66)#901 (33)——#1,143 (17)
2011#2,284 (56)#812 (37)——#1,076 (19)

Issa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Issa 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Issa 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#2,859 (59)#3,333 (7)—#3,478 (5)
2024#2,282 (81)#4,193 (5)——
2023#2,789 (61)—#856 (3)—
2022#2,445 (74)#3,534 (6)——
2021#2,848 (59)#5,581 (3)——
2020#2,966 (54)#3,117 (7)——
2019#2,891 (57)———
2018#3,050 (53)———
2017#3,697 (41)———
2016#5,130 (26)———
2015#4,853 (28)———
2014#5,993 (21)———
2013#6,255 (20)———
2012#7,804 (15)———
2011#8,196 (14)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,530.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1969.
  • In 2025, 38% of US babies named Issa were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 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 18,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 27,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Issa is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Issa 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #601MINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: 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: #940OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: #1,760TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Issa (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
Quebec2025#42710
Ontario2024#57920

Issa (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
IssaCanadaGirls#3,4785
IssaCanadaBoys#78234
IssaEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
IssaEngland & WalesBoys#62759
IssaIrelandGirls—too few
IssaIrelandBoys—too few
IssaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
IssaScotlandBoys#7623
IssaUSGirls#2,85959
IssaUSBoys#1,67798