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Isiah

Gender
Boy
Say it
eye-ZY-a
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#2,342 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,477 for boys

Isiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 1,477th for boys in the US (120 babies).

What does Isiah mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Isaiah

“God is salvation”

More on Wiktionary.

Is Isiah a girl's or a boy's name?

Isiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 120 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Isiah in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,342among boys
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 30,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Isiah, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 26 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Isiah than any year since 2014.

Half of all the boys named Isiah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 395 boys in the UK were given Isiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #163, up from #2,342 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 26 in 20222025
Isiah in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202510#2,342
202420#1,397
202318#1,507
202226#1,157
202124#1,227
202018#1,462
201917#1,543
201817#1,555
201720#1,374
201617#1,591
201512#1,990
20144#4,063
20137#2,792
201211#2,080
201116#1,542
201019#1,385
200912#1,852
20087#2,616
200713#1,667
20069#1,995
20056#2,545
20045#2,691
20036#2,283
20020–
20017#1,833
20005#2,237
19999#1,451
19980–
19976#1,853
19964#2,442

How popular is Isiah in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,477among boys
Babies in 2025
120about 1 in 14,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 12% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 120 boys in the US were named Isiah, making it the 1,477th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,353rd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 822 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Isiah than any year since 1986.

Half of all the boys named Isiah in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 5,946 boys in the US were given Isiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #57, up from #1,477 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 822 in 20012025
Isiah in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025120#1,477
2024149#1,308
2023132#1,397
2022141#1,330
2021138#1,339
2020131#1,353
2019157#1,214
2018169#1,139
2017170#1,126
2016197#1,020
2015179#1,089
2014187#1,057
2013266#816
2012293#776
2011366#639
2010424#589
2009497#535
2008635#443
2007627#446
2006730#405
2005742#387
2004712#383
2003734#364
2002746#357
2001822#336
2000797#343
1999781#341
1998768#348
1997741#345
1996658#365
1995488#463
1994360#538
1993323#569
1992392#512
1991449#467
1990511#432
1989409#465
1988302#526
1987205#640
1986107#877
1985130#777
1984120#796
1983104#858
1982114#831
198198#900
198064#1,133
197959#1,177
197861#1,121
197757#1,158
197657#1,123
197559#1,094
197451#1,151
197353#1,123
197252#1,129
197147#1,199
197045#1,238
196956#1,027
196864#898
196777#818
196670#870
196552#1,020
196490#792
196365#928
196272#895
196177#869
196064#943
1959101#755
1958105#727
1957100#749
195687#795
1955109#699
1954100#721
195399#716
1952109#659
1951102#692
195097#694
1949114#639
1948125#607
1947113#647
1946117#592
194584#657
1944118#559
1943105#615
194298#642
194199#597
194083#667
1939102#565
193895#609
193785#637
1936100#577
193588#627
193479#682
193396#591
1932108#570
1931108#565
1930103#599
1929123#524
1928121#554
1927110#591
1926130#533
1925129#539
1924138#538
1923140#513
1922138#534
1921118#583
1920123#551
1919145#494
1918130#532
191798#599
191681#650
191596#580
1914101#483
191356#586
191279#439
191152#395
191056#329
190948#334
190839#365
190739#351
190629#400
190535#346
190428#390
190331#346
190228#373
190119#433
190044#319
189921#402
189829#360
189727#360
189631#338
189535#305
189443#268
189331#312
189237#303
189127#325
189032#302
188916#464
188835#302
188732#294
188622#369
188526#332
188424#360
188324#337
188228#324
188124#332
188020#381

Names like Isiah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Elijah Isaac Noah Josiah Elias Jesse Harrison Levi Gabriel Jeremiah Eli Jonah

Other spellings of Isiah

Isaiah Izaiah Izayah Issiah Izaya Issaiah

Names related to Isiah

Isa Iziah Isai Asiah Osiah Esiah

More Hebrew names

Isabella James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Mateo Elsie Eliana Joseph

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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, “Isiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/isiah, updated 20 October 2026.