Isom
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EYE-sum
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Isom is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
Where does Isom come from?
English: probably a form of Isham, an English place-name surname
Is Isom a girl's or a boy's name?
Isom 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 Isom in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Isom, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 37 boys.
2025 had more boys named Isom than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Isom in the US since 1880 were born between 1912 and 1955. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Isom in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 20 | #1,682 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,816 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,732 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,641 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,535 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,680 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,688 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,693 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,793 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,569 |
| 1927 | 33 | #1,267 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,304 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1921 | 34 | #1,252 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,188 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | 32 | #1,203 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,072 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,241 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,441 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,364 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,095 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 15 | #782 |
| 1909 | 14 | #756 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 15 | #664 |
| 1906 | 11 | #752 |
| 1905 | 11 | #741 |
| 1904 | 12 | #686 |
| 1903 | 13 | #619 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 12 | #596 |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 19 | #473 |
| 1897 | 11 | #652 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 10 | #650 |
| 1892 | 13 | #571 |
| 1891 | 12 | #524 |
| 1890 | 13 | #533 |
| 1889 | 10 | #628 |
| 1888 | 13 | #554 |
| 1887 | 15 | #438 |
| 1886 | 21 | #383 |
| 1885 | 17 | #439 |
| 1884 | 27 | #336 |
| 1883 | 18 | #412 |
| 1882 | 24 | #365 |
| 1881 | 20 | #375 |
| 1880 | 18 | #403 |
Names like Isom
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
William, Otto, Charlie, Arthur, Ransom, Wilson, Henry, Sam, Ira, Walter, Archie, Harvey
Names related to Isom
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Isom: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/isom, updated 20 October 2026.