Issa**

#2,333 most common boys' name of all time · #5,623 across all names · 71% male / 29% female · used 1969–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys

#2,333

Rank overall

#5,623 of 105,966

First appeared

1969

Years on the list

56 of 146

All-time

3,217

Since 2016

1,456

Peak year

2024 #1,534

Best rank

#1,534 2024

Girls Boys peak 196/yr

Issa first appears in 1969. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year	Girls	Boys	Total	Rank
2025	59	98	157	#1,682
2024	81	115	196	#1,534
2023	61	109	170	#1,598
2022	74	92	166	#1,788
2021	59	84	143	#1,848
2020	54	88	142	#1,751
2019	57	73	130	#2,007
2018	53	87	140	#1,770
2017	41	64	105	#2,139
2016	26	81	107	#1,853
2015	28	54	82	#2,400
2014	21	71	92	#2,012
2013	20	58	78	#2,234
2012	15	66	81	#2,077
2011	14	56	70	#2,303
2010	24	55	79	#2,336
2009	17	46	63	#2,678
2008	14	49	63	#2,561
2007	18	68	86	#2,041
2006	9	45	54	#2,640
2005	8	62	70	#2,020
2004	12	38	50	#2,771
2003	11	52	63	#2,137
2002	13	40	53	#2,492
2001	17	37	54	#2,588
2000	7	27	34	#3,187
1999	9	31	40	#2,757
1998	—	30	30	#2,753
1997	8	29	37	#2,716
1996	11	30	41	#2,564
1995	6	36	42	#2,238
1994	—	32	32	#2,419
1993	7	25	32	#2,833
1992	10	28	38	#2,575
1991	10	26	36	#2,659
1990	5	29	34	#2,415
1989	6	24	30	#2,669
1988	6	15	21	#3,465
1987	6	12	18	#3,865
1986	—	16	16	#3,092
1985	9	14	23	#3,343
1984	—	10	10	#4,105
1983	—	18	18	#2,655
1982	—	17	17	#2,796
1981	5	23	28	#2,262
1980	—	16	16	#2,937
1979	6	18	24	#2,646
1978	—	20	20	#2,360
1977	6	12	18	#3,346
1976	—	8	8	#4,309
1975	6	16	22	#2,626
1974	—	11	11	#3,291
1973	—	9	9	#3,646
1972	—	8	8	#3,906
1971	—	5	5	#5,487
1969	—	5	5	#4,973