Isan
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Isan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
Is Isan a girl's or a boy's name?
Isan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Isan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Isan, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Isan in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Isan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
Names like Isan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Izan Zayan Khaza Yazan Zohan Zayaan Azai Azir Jahseh Izaan Izhaan Zamir
Names related to Isan
Sources
Figures from 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, “Isan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/isan, updated 20 October 2026.