Yeshaya
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yeh-SHY-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,940 for boys
Yeshaya is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Yeshaya mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Isaiah
“God is salvation”
The Hebrew form of Isaiah, one of the great prophets of the Hebrew Bible.
Is Yeshaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Yeshaya is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yeshaya in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 boys.
Yeshaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Yeshaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Yeshaya, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Yeshaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yeshaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,873 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
Names like Yeshaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Yahya Zakariya Mustafa Abdullah Hamza Yusuf Eesa Ayaan Huzaifa
Names related to Yeshaya
More Hebrew names
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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, “Yeshaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yeshaya, updated 20 October 2026.