Names like Isaiah

In 2025, 5,267 boys born in the US were named Isaiah, #57 among boys' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1880, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1971.

Its best rank was #39, in 2006.

The most births in one year were 10,459, in 2006.

Births fell 31% from 7,658 in 2015.

For 3 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1966 or later (Isaiah's began in 1971).

Isaiah's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #267
2. 1890
   #269
3. 1900
   #396
4. 1910
   #440
5. 1920
   #555
6. 1930
   #541
7. 1940
   #544
8. 1950
   #572
9. 1960
   #768
10. 1970
    —
11. 1980
    #434
12. 1990
    #205
13. 2000
    #47
14. 2010
    #43
15. 2020
    #51
16. 2025
    #57

— outside the top 1,000

12 boy names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Isaiah's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.