Isaura
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-SOW-ra
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Isaura is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “woman from Isauria”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Isaura mean?
Greek: from Isauria, an ancient region of Asia Minor, via Spanish and Portuguese
“woman from Isauria”
A Escrava Isaura, an 1875 Brazilian novel, became a hugely popular telenovela in the 1970s.
Is Isaura a girl's or a boy's name?
Isaura is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Isaura in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Isaura, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Isaura in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Isaura in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,858 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 31 | #3,564 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,880 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,039 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,034 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,676 |
| 1983 | 44 | #2,197 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,016 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Names like Isaura
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Isaura
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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, “Isaura: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/isaura, updated 20 October 2026.