Isatou
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-SAH-too
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Isatou is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Isatou mean?
Arabic: Gambian form of Aisha
“alive, living”
Gambian form of Aisha, the name of the Prophet Muhammad's wife.
Is Isatou a girl's or a boy's name?
Isatou is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Isatou in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Isatou, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Isatou than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Isatou in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Isatou in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
How popular is Isatou in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Isatou, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Isatou in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Isatou in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Isatou
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Zainab, Sumayyah, Hafsa, Ayah, Hiba, Ruqayyah, Amira, Safiya, Khadija, Nusaybah
Names related to Isatou
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Isatou: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/isatou, updated 20 October 2026.