Isaiah
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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.
Isaiah is also given to girls, where it ranks #13869 in the US.
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.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #48 | 7,652 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #49 | 7,655 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #47 | 7,568 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #46 | 7,255 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #51 | 6,709 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #53 | 6,211 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #51 | 6,090 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #56 | 5,718 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #58 | 5,420 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #56 | 5,147 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #56 | 5,250 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #57 | 5,267 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Isaiah on lists
Famous Isaiahs
- Isaiah Washington IVBoy
American actor
- Isaiah BerlinBoy
Latvian,British philosopher
- Isaiah RiderBoy
American basketball player
- Isaiah RogersBoy
American architect
- Isaiah ThomasBoy
American publisher/author
- Isaiah ThomasBoy
American basketball player
- Isaiah HorowitzBoy
Czech rabbi and mystic
- Isaiah Rashad (McClain)Boy
American rapper
- Isaiah Randolph "Ikey" OwensBoy
American musician
- Isaiah Marcus RankinBoy
English soccer player
- Isaiah WilliamsBoy
American NFL football player
- Isaiah TrufantBoy
American NFL football player
- Isaiah StanbackBoy
American NFL football player
- Isaiah CanaanBoy
American NBA basketball player
- Isaiah Hassan CrowellBoy
American NFL player
- Isaiah Alexander MartinezBoy
American wrestler
- Isaiah Amir MustafaBoy
American actor and former NFL football player
- Isaiah Firebrace (b. 1999)Boy
Australian singer and Australian contestant on Eurovision 2017
- Isaiah Bright (b. 2000)Boy
son of singer Michelle Gayle and footballer Mark Bright
- Isaiah Herre (b. 2002)Boy
son of singers Joy Denalane and Max Herre
- Isaiah Loyola (b. 2002)Boy
son of model/actress Pia Miller
- Isaiah Stephens (b. 2003)Boy
son of singer Deborah Cox and Lascelles Stephens
- Isaiah Rahsaan Iverson (b. 2003)Boy
son of basketball player Allen Iverson
- Isaiah Courage Bates (b. 2004)Boy
14th child (7th son) of the reality TV's Bringing Up Bates family
- Isaiah William Clarence Robertson Preyan (b. 2004)Boy
son of rapper Mack Maine
- Isaiah Bennington (adopted 2006)Boy
son of lead singer Chester Bennington of Linkin Park
- Isaiah Crews (b. 2007)Boy
son of NFL player and actor Terry Crews
- Isaiah Cicero McCracken (b. 2009)Boy
son of baseball player Quinton McCracken and reality TV personality Maggie McCracken ("Baseball Wives")
- Isaiah Timothy Hasselbeck (b. 2009)Boy
son of TV personality Elisabeth and Tim Hasselbeck
- Isaiah Malhotra (b. 2012)Boy
son of ice hockey player Manny Malhotra
- Isaiah Hawk Wilson (b. 2015)Boy
son of reality TV personality Holly Montag & Rich Wilson
- Isaiah Michael Fisher (b. 2015)Boy
son of singer Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher
- Isaiah Sion Robert Nesta Marley (b. 2016)Boy
son of Jamaican musician Ziggy Marley; grandson of Bob Marley
- Isaiah Hendrix (b.2018)Boy
son of reality TV personalities Sean and Catherine Lowe
- Isaiah Jones Koenig (b. 2018)Boy
son of actress Rashida Jones and Ezra Koenig
Isaiah in pop culture
- IsaiahBoy
twenty,third book in the Bible
- Isaiah EdwardsBoy
character on TV's "Little House on the Prairie"
- Isaiah LewinBoy
boy in 1995 movie "Losing Isaiah"
- Isaiah "Zay" BabineauxBoy
character on TV's "Girl Meets World"
- Isaiah MortonBoy
character in Season Five of the “Outlander” TV show