Issam
Boy
Issam is a boys' name, meaning “security, pledge”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Issam mean?
Spelling of Isam
“security, pledge”
A male given name.
Meaning borrowed from Isam. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Issam a girl's or a boy's name?
Issam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Issam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Issam, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2017, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Issam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were given Issam or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,127, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Issam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Issam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Issam, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Issam in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Issam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
Names like Issam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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