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How popular is “Isa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Isa” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Isa” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Isa” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Isa” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Isa” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Isa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Isa” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 100%
1881 17 0.000088226 17 100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 100%
1884 12 0.000049289 12 100%
1885 14 0.000058127 14 100%
1886 17 0.000066584 17 100%
1887 14 0.00005659 14 100%
1888 17 0.000056766 17 100%
1889 14 0.000048452 14 100%
1890 18 0.000059721 18 100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 100%
1892 17 0.000050841 17 100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 100%
1895 12 0.000034186 12 100%
1896 19 0.000053149 19 100%
1897 19 0.000054762 19 100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 100%
1899 13 0.000038322 13 100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 100%
1901 17 0.00004916 17 100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 100%
1903 10 0.000026233 10 100%
1904 13 0.000032219 13 100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 100%
1907 16 0.00003438 16 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 100%
1912 17 0.000017205 17 100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 100%
1914 17 0.000012003 17 100%
1915 36 0.000019646 30 6 67%
1916 21 0.000010856 21 100%
1917 20 0.000009966 20 100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 100%
1919 27 0.000012795 27 100%
1920 26 0.000011491 26 100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 100%
1922 19 0.0000083 19 100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 100%
1924 17 0.000007138 17 100%
1925 29 0.000012429 24 5 66%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 100%
1931 13 0.000006178 13 100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 100%
1934 18 0.000008667 18 100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 100%
1939 17 0.000007715 17 100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 100%
1942 15 0.000005491 15 100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 100%
1962 16 0.000003965 16 100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 100%
1964 20 0.000005145 14 6 40%
1965 13 0.000003586 13 100%
1966 13 0.00000374 13 100%
1967 15 0.000004418 15 100%
1968 14 0.000004144 14 100%
1969 26 0.000007481 20 6 54%
1970 18 0.000004991 18 100%
1971 24 0.000006992 18 6 50%
1972 25 0.000007954 18 7 44%
1973 31 0.000010275 23 8 48%
1974 26 0.000008553 20 6 54%
1975 35 0.000011592 22 13 26%
1976 24 0.00000791 14 10 17%
1977 31 0.000009759 18 13 16%
1978 34 0.000010712 19 15 12%
1979 30 0.000009017 18 12 20%
1980 44 0.000012774 25 19 14%
1981 34 0.000009828 18 16 6%
1982 35 0.000009977 17 18 -3%
1983 37 0.000010683 19 18 3%
1984 31 0.000008886 19 12 23%
1985 30 0.000008405 20 10 33%
1986 24 0.000006747 12 12 0%
1987 26 0.000007211 20 6 54%
1988 31 0.00000839 16 15 3%
1989 36 0.000009364 14 22 -22%
1990 37 0.000009361 21 16 14%
1991 37 0.000009499 17 20 -8%
1992 49 0.000012756 26 23 6%
1993 38 0.000010079 21 17 11%
1994 27 0.000007263 14 13 4%
1995 41 0.000011196 19 22 -7%
1996 39 0.000010693 15 24 -23%
1997 38 0.000010481 17 21 -11%
1998 48 0.00001305 21 27 -13%
1999 66 0.000017867 23 43 -30%
2000 56 0.000014815 21 35 -25%
2001 58 0.000015494 22 36 -24%
2002 78 0.000020865 24 54 -38%
2003 73 0.000019199 32 41 -12%
2004 94 0.000024601 43 51 -9%
2005 110 0.00002861 49 61 -11%
2006 93 0.000023507 38 55 -18%
2007 121 0.000030268 55 66 -9%
2008 125 0.000031801 55 70 -12%
2009 130 0.00003403 53 77 -18%
2010 132 0.000035717 56 76 -15%
2011 138 0.000037728 64 74 -7%
2012 171 0.000046755 62 109 -27%
2013 157 0.000043065 62 95 -21%
2014 193 0.000052072 95 98 -2%
2015 185 0.000049988 73 112 -21%
2016 188 0.000051244 74 114 -21%
2017 217 0.000060679 88 129 -19%
2018 226 0.000064279 103 123 -9%
2019 213 0.000061367 94 119 -12%
2020 231 0.00006915 92 139 -20%
2021 229 0.000067593 77 152 -33%
2022 227 0.000067098 103 124 -9%
2023 253 0.000076407 83 170 -34%
2024 316 0.000094938 100 216 -37%

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