Isaiah

“Yahweh is salvation” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #57 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Isaiah's best rank, #39, came in 2006; it has settled back to #57 today. Roughly 254,000 boys have been named Isaiah since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Izzy is a short form of Isaiah. Popular twin pairings with Isaiah include Isaac, Elijah, and Jeremiah for boys, and Isabella for a girl.

Around the world: #58 in New Zealand (2025) · #72 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #89 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #94 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #95 in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Isaiahs

Isaiah Berlin — Russo-British-Latvian Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas (1909–1997)
Isaiah Washington — American actor (born 1963)
Isaiah Firebrace — Australian singer (born 1999)
Isaiah Thomas — American basketball player
Isaiah Hartenstein — German-American basketball player

In stories & tradition

Isaiah — Isaiah · Second Book of Kings
Isaiah Bradley — Earth-616
Isaiah Crockett — Teen Titans

What Isaiahs become

Among 506 notable people named Isaiah:

Sports figures appear 3.29× more often than among typical names — e.g. Isaiah Thomas, American basketball player.

Similar names: Izaiah · Caleb · Isaac · Clay · Josiah · Ian

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