Isaiah
Top 1000
About Isaiah
Isaiah, like brethren Isaac and Elijah, is a once neglected biblical name now firmly back in favor, already surpassing such long-popular Old Testament stalwarts as Aaron and Adam. Isaiah has ranked on the US Top 1000 list for boys every year but two, 1969 and 1970.
Isaiah derives from the Hebrew Yesha’yahu, containing the elements yasha’, meaning "to save," and yah, in reference to the Hebrew god. The biblical Isaiah, son of Amos, was the most important of the major prophets, with an Old Testament book named for him. He prophesied that the Children of Israel would be exiled from their homeland, but that God would bring the back.
Isaiah has been a star player on the contemporary athletic field, with several prominent basketball and football player namesakes, in addition to a memorable character on Little House on the Prairie, and Grey's Anatomy actor Isaiah Washington.
Beyond that, two sports figures have named their sons Isaiah: Allen Iverson and Tim (and wife Elisabeth) Hasselbeck. Basketball superstar Isiah Thomas helped popularize that streamlined spelling of the name.
Pronounced eye-ZAY-uh.
As of October 2026, Isaiah ranked #57 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #39 in 2006, Nameberry popularity #342.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #48 | 7,652 | 3,983.6 |
| 2015 | #49 | 7,655 | 3,993.8 |
| 2016 | #47 | 7,568 | 3,987.9 |
| 2017 | #46 | 7,255 | 3,919.6 |
| 2018 | #51 | 6,709 | 3,694.1 |
| 2019 | #53 | 6,211 | 3,461.7 |
| 2020 | #51 | 6,090 | 3,528.2 |
| 2021 | #56 | 5,718 | 3,268.4 |
| 2022 | #58 | 5,420 | 3,104.2 |
| 2023 | #56 | 5,147 | 3,008.9 |
| 2024 | #56 | 5,250 | 3,047.2 |
| 2025 | #57 | 5,267 | 3,083.6 |
World rankings
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Isaiah on lists
Famous Isaiahs
- Isaiah Washington IV
American actor
- Isaiah Berlin
Latvian,British philosopher
- Isaiah Rider
American basketball player
- Isaiah Rogers
American architect
- Isaiah Thomas
American publisher/author
- Isaiah Thomas
American basketball player
- Isaiah Horowitz
Czech rabbi and mystic
- Isaiah Rashad (McClain)
American rapper
- Isaiah Randolph "Ikey" Owens
American musician
- Isaiah Marcus Rankin
English soccer player
- Isaiah Williams
American NFL football player
- Isaiah Trufant
American NFL football player
- Isaiah Stanback
American NFL football player
- Isaiah Canaan
American NBA basketball player
- Isaiah Hassan Crowell
American NFL player
- Isaiah Alexander Martinez
American wrestler
- Isaiah Amir Mustafa
American actor and former NFL football player
- Isaiah Firebrace (b. 1999)
Australian singer and Australian contestant on Eurovision 2017
- Isaiah Bright (b. 2000)
son of singer Michelle Gayle and footballer Mark Bright
- Isaiah Herre (b. 2002)
son of singers Joy Denalane and Max Herre
- Isaiah Loyola (b. 2002)
son of model/actress Pia Miller
- Isaiah Stephens (b. 2003)
son of singer Deborah Cox and Lascelles Stephens
- Isaiah Rahsaan Iverson (b. 2003)
son of basketball player Allen Iverson
- Isaiah Courage Bates (b. 2004)
14th child (7th son) of the reality TV's Bringing Up Bates family
- Isaiah William Clarence Robertson Preyan (b. 2004)
son of rapper Mack Maine
- Isaiah Bennington (adopted 2006)
son of lead singer Chester Bennington of Linkin Park
- Isaiah Crews (b. 2007)
son of NFL player and actor Terry Crews
- Isaiah Cicero McCracken (b. 2009)
son of baseball player Quinton McCracken and reality TV personality Maggie McCracken ("Baseball Wives")
- Isaiah Timothy Hasselbeck (b. 2009)
son of TV personality Elisabeth and Tim Hasselbeck
- Isaiah Malhotra (b. 2012)
son of ice hockey player Manny Malhotra
- Isaiah Hawk Wilson (b. 2015)
son of reality TV personality Holly Montag & Rich Wilson
- Isaiah Michael Fisher (b. 2015)
son of singer Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher
- Isaiah Sion Robert Nesta Marley (b. 2016)
son of Jamaican musician Ziggy Marley; grandson of Bob Marley
- Isaiah Hendrix (b.2018)
son of reality TV personalities Sean and Catherine Lowe
- Isaiah Jones Koenig (b. 2018)
son of actress Rashida Jones and Ezra Koenig
Isaiah in pop culture
- Isaiah
twenty,third book in the Bible
- Isaiah Edwards
character on TV's "Little House on the Prairie"
- Isaiah Lewin
boy in 1995 movie "Losing Isaiah"
- Isaiah "Zay" Babineaux
character on TV's "Girl Meets World"
- Isaiah Morton
character in Season Five of the “Outlander” TV show