Isai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ee-sah-EE
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,138 for boys
Isai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift”. In 2025 it ranked 1,138th for boys in the US (186 babies).
What does Isai mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Jesse
“gift”
Jesse is the father of King David in the Bible.
Is Isai a girl's or a boy's name?
Isai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 186 boys in the US.
How popular is Isai in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 boys.
Isai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
How popular is Isai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 186about 1 in 9,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 186 boys in the US were named Isai, making it the 1,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,194th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 333 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966. 11 girls were also named Isai in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Isai in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 191 boys in the US were given Isai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,019, up from #1,138 for this spelling alone.
- Isai 186
- Isahi 5
Isai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 186 | #1,138 |
| 2024 | 205 | #1,062 |
| 2023 | 199 | #1,080 |
| 2022 | 160 | #1,228 |
| 2021 | 168 | #1,170 |
| 2020 | 161 | #1,194 |
| 2019 | 207 | #1,009 |
| 2018 | 193 | #1,052 |
| 2017 | 195 | #1,029 |
| 2016 | 185 | #1,065 |
| 2015 | 197 | #1,030 |
| 2014 | 168 | #1,133 |
| 2013 | 191 | #1,020 |
| 2012 | 212 | #949 |
| 2011 | 237 | #881 |
| 2010 | 241 | #872 |
| 2009 | 270 | #816 |
| 2008 | 310 | #738 |
| 2007 | 333 | #700 |
| 2006 | 305 | #712 |
| 2005 | 274 | #737 |
| 2004 | 275 | #702 |
| 2003 | 243 | #740 |
| 2002 | 245 | #724 |
| 2001 | 206 | #811 |
| 2000 | 161 | #940 |
| 1999 | 179 | #842 |
| 1998 | 144 | #960 |
| 1997 | 141 | #949 |
| 1996 | 149 | #895 |
| 1995 | 128 | #979 |
| 1994 | 114 | #1,037 |
| 1993 | 93 | #1,156 |
| 1992 | 82 | #1,242 |
| 1991 | 90 | #1,156 |
| 1990 | 87 | #1,161 |
| 1989 | 83 | #1,158 |
| 1988 | 46 | #1,571 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,970 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 36 | #1,697 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,863 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
Names like Isai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim Muhammad Musa Abdullah Mustafa Hamza Ismail Zakariya Ahmed Amir Umar Yusuf
Other spellings of Isai
Names related to Isai
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Isai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/isai, updated 20 October 2026.