Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Isaiah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Isaiah” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Isaiah” 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 “Isaiah” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Isaiah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Isaiah” 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 40 0.000198527 40 -100%
1881 32 0.000166072 32 -100%
1882 37 0.000167018 37 -100%
1883 30 0.000138283 30 -100%
1884 23 0.000094471 23 -100%
1885 29 0.000120405 29 -100%
1886 35 0.000137085 35 -100%
1887 34 0.000137434 34 -100%
1888 31 0.000103515 31 -100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 -100%
1890 41 0.000136031 41 -100%
1891 22 0.000076742 22 -100%
1892 24 0.000071776 24 -100%
1893 19 0.000058421 19 -100%
1894 36 0.000106292 36 -100%
1895 24 0.000068372 24 -100%
1896 22 0.000061541 22 -100%
1897 24 0.000069173 24 -100%
1898 23 0.000060295 23 -100%
1899 29 0.000085487 29 -100%
1900 32 0.00007107 32 -100%
1901 17 0.00004916 17 -100%
1902 25 0.000064644 25 -100%
1903 23 0.000060336 23 -100%
1904 25 0.00006196 25 -100%
1905 22 0.000051896 22 -100%
1906 23 0.000053682 23 -100%
1907 27 0.000058016 27 -100%
1908 33 0.000067533 33 -100%
1909 36 0.000070419 36 -100%
1910 39 0.000066022 39 -100%
1911 33 0.00005122 33 -100%
1912 59 0.000059713 59 -100%
1913 64 0.000056283 64 -100%
1914 68 0.000048011 68 -100%
1915 92 0.000050207 92 -100%
1916 110 0.000056865 110 -100%
1917 108 0.000053818 108 -100%
1918 133 0.000061259 133 -100%
1919 139 0.000065869 139 -100%
1920 122 0.000053919 122 -100%
1921 107 0.000045834 107 -100%
1922 148 0.000064653 148 -100%
1923 123 0.000053421 123 -100%
1924 138 0.000057944 138 -100%
1925 127 0.000054429 127 -100%
1926 125 0.000054445 125 -100%
1927 117 0.000050445 117 -100%
1928 120 0.000053075 120 -100%
1929 135 0.000061583 135 -100%
1930 119 0.000053524 119 -100%
1931 104 0.000049421 104 -100%
1932 109 0.000051627 109 -100%
1933 105 0.000052515 105 -100%
1934 94 0.000045262 94 -100%
1935 97 0.000046414 97 -100%
1936 105 0.00005054 105 -100%
1937 114 0.000053504 114 -100%
1938 108 0.000048812 108 -100%
1939 84 0.000038122 84 -100%
1940 113 0.000049073 113 -100%
1941 114 0.00004679 114 -100%
1942 101 0.000036972 101 -100%
1943 111 0.000039326 111 -100%
1944 93 0.000034571 93 -100%
1945 116 0.000043726 116 -100%
1946 125 0.00003912 125 -100%
1947 134 0.000037198 134 -100%
1948 140 0.00004055 140 -100%
1949 146 0.000041897 146 -100%
1950 138 0.000039391 138 -100%
1951 134 0.000036376 134 -100%
1952 134 0.000035282 134 -100%
1953 112 0.000029063 112 -100%
1954 135 0.000033914 135 -100%
1955 120 0.000029887 120 -100%
1956 97 0.000023526 97 -100%
1957 118 0.000028081 118 -100%
1958 92 0.000022255 92 -100%
1959 100 0.00002405 100 -100%
1960 96 0.000023111 96 -100%
1961 94 0.000022693 94 -100%
1962 94 0.000023294 94 -100%
1963 63 0.000015916 63 -100%
1964 65 0.00001672 65 -100%
1965 69 0.000019032 69 -100%
1966 71 0.000020428 71 -100%
1967 55 0.000016201 55 -100%
1968 64 0.000018944 64 -100%
1969 56 0.000016114 56 -100%
1970 52 0.000014418 52 -100%
1971 84 0.000024473 84 -100%
1972 82 0.00002609 82 -100%
1973 86 0.000028506 86 -100%
1974 109 0.000035855 109 -100%
1975 135 0.000044711 135 -100%
1976 203 0.000066902 5 198 -95%
1977 254 0.000079962 254 -100%
1978 283 0.000089166 283 -100%
1979 295 0.000088668 295 -100%
1980 355 0.000103063 355 -100%
1981 427 0.000123433 6 421 -97%
1982 544 0.000155076 7 537 -97%
1983 559 0.000161405 6 553 -98%
1984 605 0.000173414 605 -100%
1985 638 0.000178756 8 630 -97%
1986 626 0.000175987 7 619 -98%
1987 829 0.000229919 9 820 -98%
1988 984 0.000266303 6 978 -99%
1989 1197 0.000311358 7 1190 -99%
1990 1497 0.00037875 9 1488 -99%
1991 1503 0.000385853 11 1492 -99%
1992 1459 0.000379822 10 1449 -99%
1993 1509 0.000400236 12 1497 -98%
1994 1876 0.000504619 6 1870 -99%
1995 3487 0.000952172 12 3475 -99%
1996 5350 0.001466881 26 5324 -99%
1997 6034 0.001664208 31 6003 -99%
1998 6518 0.001772059 31 6487 -99%
1999 7522 0.002036348 22 7500 -99%
2000 8053 0.002130477 24 8029 -99%
2001 8607 0.002299253 20 8587 -100%
2002 8989 0.002404575 24 8965 -99%
2003 8925 0.002347252 25 8900 -99%
2004 9322 0.002439725 58 9264 -99%
2005 9549 0.002483585 22 9527 -100%
2006 10483 0.002649772 24 10459 -100%
2007 10144 0.00253747 20 10124 -100%
2008 9699 0.002467521 30 9669 -99%
2009 9278 0.002428685 20 9258 -100%
2010 8598 0.002326463 11 8587 -100%
2011 8574 0.002344037 21 8553 -100%
2012 8197 0.00224123 12 8185 -100%
2013 7916 0.002171345 13 7903 -100%
2014 7664 0.002067788 12 7652 -100%
2015 7673 0.002073273 18 7655 -100%
2016 7585 0.002067491 17 7568 -100%
2017 7263 0.00203093 8 7255 -100%
2018 6726 0.001913025 17 6709 -99%
2019 6220 0.001792025 9 6211 -100%
2020 6096 0.001824835 6 6090 -100%
2021 5728 0.001690698 10 5718 -100%
2022 5426 0.001603838 6 5420 -100%
2023 5160 0.001558349 13 5147 -99%
2024 5262 0.001580892 12 5250 -100%

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