Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Isa**

#2,087 most common girls' name of all time · #3,565 across all names · 48% male / 52% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#2,087
Rank overall
#3,565 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
6,575
Since 2016
2,477
Peak year
2025 #1,711
Best rank
#417 1881
Girls Boys peak 372/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Isa is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 119 253 372 #1,711
2024 100 218 318 #1,967
2023 83 171 254 #2,244
2022 103 125 228 #1,930
2021 77 153 230 #2,348
2020 92 139 231 #2,023
2019 94 119 213 #2,035
2018 103 123 226 #1,926
2017 88 129 217 #2,162
2016 74 114 188 #2,464
2015 73 112 185 #2,472
2014 95 98 193 #2,050
2013 62 95 157 #2,772
2012 62 109 171 #2,806
2011 64 74 138 #2,726
2010 56 76 132 #3,012
2009 53 77 130 #3,162
2008 55 70 125 #3,086
2007 55 66 121 #3,126
2006 38 55 93 #3,923
2005 49 61 110 #3,171
2004 43 51 94 #3,445
2003 32 41 73 #4,113
2002 24 55 79 #4,913
2001 22 36 58 #5,184
2000 21 35 56 #5,318
1999 23 43 66 #4,725
1998 21 27 48 #4,962
1997 17 21 38 #5,631
1996 15 24 39 #6,075
1995 19 22 41 #5,022
1994 13 13 26 #6,685
1993 22 17 39 #4,527
1992 26 23 49 #3,972
1991 17 20 37 #5,407
1990 21 16 37 #4,531
1989 14 22 36 #5,848
1988 16 15 31 #5,073
1987 20 6 26 #4,126
1986 12 12 24 #5,761
1985 20 10 30 #3,991
1984 19 12 31 #4,003
1983 19 18 37 #3,958
1982 17 18 35 #4,351
1981 18 16 34 #4,169
1980 25 19 44 #3,320
1979 18 12 30 #4,060
1978 19 15 34 #3,786
1977 18 13 31 #3,918
1976 14 10 24 #4,371
1975 22 13 35 #3,162
1974 20 6 26 #3,318
1973 23 8 31 #2,919
1972 18 7 25 #3,411
1971 18 6 24 #3,515
1970 18 — 18 #3,452
1969 20 6 26 #3,019
1968 14 — 14 #3,617
1967 15 — 15 #3,351
1966 13 — 13 #3,564
1965 13 — 13 #3,559
1964 14 6 20 #3,523
1963 7 — 7 #5,313
1962 16 — 16 #3,165
1961 9 — 9 #4,556
1960 12 — 12 #3,706
1959 8 — 8 #4,636
1958 13 — 13 #3,387
1957 6 — 6 #5,394
1956 7 — 7 #4,847
1955 6 — 6 #5,220
1954 9 — 9 #3,982
1953 5 — 5 #5,684
1952 9 — 9 #3,806
1951 6 — 6 #4,850
1950 5 — 5 #5,309
1949 8 — 8 #3,902
1948 6 — 6 #4,666
1947 11 — 11 #3,250
1946 5 — 5 #4,976
1945 9 — 9 #3,148
1944 7 — 7 #3,698
1943 6 — 6 #4,208
1942 15 — 15 #2,317
1941 8 — 8 #3,267
1940 8 — 8 #3,218
1939 17 — 17 #1,953
1938 12 — 12 #2,452
1937 9 — 9 #2,950
1936 9 — 9 #2,871
1935 11 — 11 #2,581
1934 18 — 18 #1,843
1933 10 — 10 #2,698
1932 10 — 10 #2,839
1931 13 — 13 #2,312
1930 8 — 8 #3,357
1929 10 — 10 #2,931
1928 10 — 10 #2,960
1927 9 — 9 #3,288
1926 12 — 12 #2,717
1925 24 5 29 #1,755
1924 17 — 17 #2,221
1923 9 — 9 #3,359
1922 19 — 19 #2,034
1921 20 — 20 #1,993
1920 26 — 26 #1,633
1919 27 — 27 #1,530
1918 13 — 13 #2,530
1917 20 — 20 #1,779
1916 21 — 21 #1,695
1915 30 6 36 #1,292
1914 17 — 17 #1,611
1913 13 — 13 #1,679
1912 17 — 17 #1,309
1911 10 — 10 #1,559
1910 8 — 8 #1,787
1909 13 — 13 #1,166
1908 6 — 6 #1,875
1907 16 — 16 #961
1906 11 — 11 #1,171
1905 12 — 12 #1,106
1904 13 — 13 #1,016
1903 10 — 10 #1,150
1902 8 — 8 #1,335
1901 17 — 17 #810
1900 18 — 18 #898
1899 13 — 13 #920
1898 9 — 9 #1,186
1897 19 — 19 #723
1896 19 — 19 #738
1895 12 — 12 #949
1894 13 — 13 #867
1893 10 — 10 #975
1892 17 — 17 #714
1891 12 — 12 #808
1890 18 — 18 #632
1889 14 — 14 #707
1888 17 — 17 #629
1887 14 — 14 #626
1886 17 — 17 #553
1885 14 — 14 #603
1884 12 — 12 #633
1883 7 — 7 #778
1882 12 — 12 #559
1881 17 — 17 #417
1880 5 — 5 #875