Isaiah
Boy · eye-ZY-a · Hebrew
Isaiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 171st for boys in the UK (352 babies) and 57th for boys in the US (5,267 babies).
What does Isaiah mean?
Hebrew
“God is salvation”
Isaiah was a major Hebrew prophet; several of his prophecies are sung in Handel's Messiah.
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Is Isaiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Isaiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 352 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 5,267 boys in the US.
How popular is Isaiah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #171among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 352about 1 in 850 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.6%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 352 boys in the UK were named Isaiah, making it the 171st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 177th.
2025 had the most boys named Isaiah of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Isaiah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 395 boys in the UK were given Isaiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #163, up from #171 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 156th in England and Wales, 400th in Scotland and 270th in Northern Ireland.
Isaiah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 352 | #171 |
| 2024 | 318 | #181 |
| 2023 | 323 | #176 |
| 2022 | 329 | #173 |
| 2021 | 327 | #188 |
| 2020 | 337 | #177 |
| 2019 | 286 | #202 |
| 2018 | 308 | #192 |
| 2017 | 289 | #212 |
| 2016 | 240 | #256 |
| 2015 | 228 | #260 |
| 2014 | 233 | #259 |
| 2013 | 173 | #291 |
| 2012 | 170 | #305 |
| 2011 | 191 | #277 |
| 2010 | 135 | #349 |
| 2009 | 124 | #357 |
| 2008 | 121 | #356 |
| 2007 | 111 | #364 |
| 2006 | 104 | #370 |
| 2005 | 89 | #384 |
| 2004 | 56 | #512 |
| 2003 | 55 | #489 |
| 2002 | 30 | #707 |
| 2001 | 47 | #487 |
| 2000 | 32 | #636 |
| 1999 | 28 | #683 |
| 1998 | 30 | #657 |
| 1997 | 20 | #840 |
| 1996 | 22 | #746 |
How popular is Isaiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #57among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5,267about 1 in 320 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 4.2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5,267 boys in the US were named Isaiah, making it the 57th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 51st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 10,459 boys. 6 girls were also named Isaiah in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Isaiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,946 boys in the US were given Isaiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #57.
Isaiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,267 | #57 |
| 2024 | 5,286 | #56 |
| 2023 | 5,162 | #56 |
| 2022 | 5,430 | #58 |
| 2021 | 5,724 | #56 |
| 2020 | 6,094 | #51 |
| 2019 | 6,214 | #53 |
| 2018 | 6,719 | #51 |
| 2017 | 7,262 | #46 |
| 2016 | 7,573 | #47 |
| 2015 | 7,658 | #49 |
| 2014 | 7,657 | #48 |
| 2013 | 7,903 | #44 |
| 2012 | 8,190 | #42 |
| 2011 | 8,555 | #43 |
| 2010 | 8,589 | #43 |
| 2009 | 9,259 | #41 |
| 2008 | 9,670 | #42 |
| 2007 | 10,124 | #43 |
| 2006 | 10,459 | #39 |
| 2005 | 9,527 | #45 |
| 2004 | 9,264 | #45 |
| 2003 | 8,900 | #49 |
| 2002 | 8,965 | #45 |
| 2001 | 8,589 | #43 |
| 2000 | 8,029 | #47 |
| 1999 | 7,500 | #51 |
| 1998 | 6,487 | #59 |
| 1997 | 6,003 | #60 |
| 1996 | 5,324 | #71 |
| 1995 | 3,475 | #109 |
| 1994 | 1,870 | #169 |
| 1993 | 1,497 | #204 |
| 1992 | 1,449 | #212 |
| 1991 | 1,492 | #208 |
| 1990 | 1,489 | #205 |
| 1989 | 1,190 | #228 |
| 1988 | 978 | #244 |
| 1987 | 820 | #267 |
| 1986 | 619 | #323 |
| 1985 | 630 | #319 |
| 1984 | 605 | #319 |
| 1983 | 553 | #336 |
| 1982 | 538 | #345 |
| 1981 | 421 | #396 |
| 1980 | 355 | #438 |
| 1979 | 295 | #482 |
| 1978 | 283 | #482 |
| 1977 | 254 | #520 |
| 1976 | 198 | #577 |
| 1975 | 135 | #712 |
| 1974 | 109 | #771 |
| 1973 | 86 | #852 |
| 1972 | 82 | #887 |
| 1971 | 84 | #886 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,142 |
| 1969 | 56 | #1,027 |
| 1968 | 64 | #898 |
| 1967 | 55 | #981 |
| 1966 | 71 | #860 |
| 1965 | 69 | #881 |
| 1964 | 65 | #945 |
| 1963 | 63 | #946 |
| 1962 | 95 | #778 |
| 1961 | 94 | #784 |
| 1960 | 95 | #781 |
| 1959 | 100 | #760 |
| 1958 | 92 | #776 |
| 1957 | 118 | #699 |
| 1956 | 97 | #744 |
| 1955 | 120 | #668 |
| 1954 | 135 | #632 |
| 1953 | 112 | #677 |
| 1952 | 134 | #607 |
| 1951 | 134 | #600 |
| 1950 | 138 | #577 |
| 1949 | 146 | #554 |
| 1948 | 140 | #562 |
| 1947 | 134 | #586 |
| 1946 | 125 | #573 |
| 1945 | 116 | #554 |
| 1944 | 93 | #639 |
| 1943 | 112 | #597 |
| 1942 | 101 | #629 |
| 1941 | 114 | #564 |
| 1940 | 113 | #555 |
| 1939 | 84 | #647 |
| 1938 | 108 | #559 |
| 1937 | 114 | #545 |
| 1936 | 105 | #562 |
| 1935 | 97 | #585 |
| 1934 | 94 | #611 |
| 1933 | 105 | #557 |
| 1932 | 109 | #565 |
| 1931 | 104 | #576 |
| 1930 | 119 | #553 |
| 1929 | 135 | #506 |
| 1928 | 120 | #558 |
| 1927 | 117 | #569 |
| 1926 | 125 | #543 |
| 1925 | 127 | #546 |
| 1924 | 138 | #538 |
| 1923 | 123 | #560 |
| 1922 | 148 | #509 |
| 1921 | 107 | #611 |
| 1920 | 122 | #559 |
| 1919 | 139 | #503 |
| 1918 | 133 | #519 |
| 1917 | 108 | #566 |
| 1916 | 110 | #545 |
| 1915 | 92 | #595 |
| 1914 | 68 | #609 |
| 1913 | 64 | #539 |
| 1912 | 59 | #510 |
| 1911 | 33 | #514 |
| 1910 | 39 | #440 |
| 1909 | 36 | #408 |
| 1908 | 33 | #413 |
| 1907 | 27 | #448 |
| 1906 | 23 | #465 |
| 1905 | 22 | #477 |
| 1904 | 25 | #417 |
| 1903 | 23 | #411 |
| 1902 | 25 | #404 |
| 1901 | 17 | #466 |
| 1900 | 32 | #393 |
| 1899 | 29 | #331 |
| 1898 | 23 | #409 |
| 1897 | 24 | #384 |
| 1896 | 22 | #417 |
| 1895 | 24 | #390 |
| 1894 | 36 | #291 |
| 1893 | 19 | #419 |
| 1892 | 24 | #384 |
| 1891 | 22 | #364 |
| 1890 | 41 | #270 |
| 1889 | 13 | #525 |
| 1888 | 31 | #324 |
| 1887 | 34 | #276 |
| 1886 | 35 | #288 |
| 1885 | 29 | #312 |
| 1884 | 23 | #369 |
| 1883 | 30 | #298 |
| 1882 | 37 | #283 |
| 1881 | 32 | #276 |
| 1880 | 40 | #267 |
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