Issaiah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eye-ZY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Issaiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Issaiah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Isaiah
“God is salvation”
Isaiah was a major Hebrew prophet; several of his prophecies are sung in Handel's Messiah.
Meaning borrowed from Isaiah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Issaiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Issaiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Issaiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Issaiah, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2002, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had more boys named Issaiah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Issaiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,946 boys in the US were given Issaiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #57, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Issaiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Issaiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim Abdullah Muhammad Asaiah Zamir Musa Hamza Zahir Alijah Mustafa Azaiah Zayd
Other spellings of Issaiah
Names related to 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, “Issaiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/issaiah, updated 20 October 2026.