Isayah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eye-ZAY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Isayah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Isayah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Isaiah
“God is salvation”
Isaiah is one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible.
Is Isayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Isayah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Isayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Isayah, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Isayah than any year since 1995.
Half of all the boys named Isayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Isayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 45 | #2,716 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,643 |
| 2006 | 44 | #2,658 |
| 2005 | 44 | #2,524 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 43 | #2,424 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Nicknames for Isayah
- Zay 31 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Isayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim, Abdullah, Muhammad, Musa, Zamir, Hamza, Zahir, Mustafa, Zayd, Asaiah, Nazir, Ahmad
Names related to Isayah
Isaiah, Asiah, Asiyah, Izayah, Isaia, Isaih, Izaiyah, Issaiah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Isayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/isayah, updated 20 October 2026.