Yeshaya

Yeshaya was the #2,941 boys' name in the US in 2025 (42 babies), and #2,789 in Canada.

Yeshaya as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yeshaya as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Yeshaya as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,941 (42)—#2,789 (6)
2024#2,873 (44)——
2023#3,474 (33)#4,108 (4)—
2022#3,412 (34)#4,002 (4)—
2021#3,814 (28)#3,990 (4)—
2020#3,202 (35)——
2019#3,052 (39)#4,702 (3)—
2018#3,993 (26)#3,011 (6)—
2017#3,678 (29)——
2016#3,596 (30)——
2015#4,295 (23)——
2014#3,617 (29)#3,362 (5)#2,371 (6)
2013#3,265 (33)——
2012#3,807 (27)——
2011#4,221 (23)#3,300 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #2,873.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 40,000 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 40,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Yeshaya is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 34,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 28,000 to 1 in 40,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yeshaya 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: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #914NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #452NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Yeshaya (boys) 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
YeshayaCanadaBoys#2,7896
YeshayaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
YeshayaUSBoys#2,94142