Isaiah

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Isaiah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Isaiah: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #72, reached in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
73times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#72highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#704
1997	#788
1998	#600
1999	#621
2000	#579
2001	#451
2002	#671
2003	#448
2004	#470
2005	#353
2006	#344
2007	#342
2008	#329
2009	#323
2010	#330
2011	#253
2012	#283
2013	#273
2014	#240
2015	#243
2016	#237
2017	#192
2018	#177
2019	#189
2020	#164
2021	#172
2022	#162
2023	#167
2024	#170

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2025: #72 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #704 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2017–2025
Highest recorded position: #72 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025 (recorded 2017–2025).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #72 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Isaiah appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 4,629 births with the name.

Isaiah across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Isaiah's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#704 (1996)	#162 (2022)	#170 (2024)	29 of 29	4,629 (1996–2024)	323 (2020)
New Zealand · Boys	#94 (2000)	#85 (2008)	#94 (2023)	9 of 24	509 (2000–2023)	65 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#351 (2004)	#351 (2004)	#577 (2025)	17 of 22	95 (2004–2025)	9 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#346 (2012)	#187 (2024)	#187 (2024)	10 of 13	58 (2012–2024)	11 (2024)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#80 (2017)	#72 (2025)	#72 (2025)	7 of 9	733 (2017–2025)	113 (2020)

Isaiah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Isaiah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	100	4 of 10	25
2000s	761	10 of 10	76
2010s	2,204	10 of 10	220
2020sbusiest	1,564	5 of 10	313

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 313 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2013 and 2014, when recorded births rose by 59, from 171 to 230.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Isaiah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #72 in New South Wales, Australia in 2025.

Isaiah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#170	297	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#167	310	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#162	318	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#172	316	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#164	323	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#189	276	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#177	299	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#192	283	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#237	237	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#243	222	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#240	230	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#273	171	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#283	164	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#253	190	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#330	132	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#323	124	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#329	119	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#342	109	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#344	101	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#353	89	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#470	56	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#448	55	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#671	29	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#451	47	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#579	32	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#621	28	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#600	30	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#788	20	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#704	22	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	94	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	male	#94	46	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	male	#90	55	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	male	#85	59	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#93	56	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	male	#93	53	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#85	65	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#86	62	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#88	60	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#94	53	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#187	11	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#326	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#213	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#396	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	9	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#508	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#352	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #72, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 13 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 323 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Isaia · #779, 12y
Isak · #4, 66y
Isatou · #1862, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amara · #68, 30y
Tiana · #77, 31y
Travis · #77, 34y
Malakai · #78, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bethan · #72, 30y
Darcey · #72, 30y
Jett · #72, 27y
Romi · #72, 28y

Isaiah was ranked #72 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Isaiah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Isaiah without appearing here.

Isaiah moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #671 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #448 and #1132.
Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #600 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #621 and #1082.
Roger Compare
In 1997 they stood at #788 and #694 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #600 and #1000.
Markus Compare
In 2022 they stood at #657 and #454 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #396 and #770.

Moved ahead of Isaiah

Filip Compare
In 2006 they stood at #351 and #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #629 and #134.
Logan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #351 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #629 and #195.
Harrison Compare
In 2006 they stood at #351 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #629 and #282.
Carter Compare
In 1996 they stood at #704 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #788 and #476.

Moved the opposite way to Isaiah

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isaiah went from #704 to #170 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isaiah went from #704 to #170 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isaiah went from #704 to #170 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isaiah went from #704 to #170 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Isaiah

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isaiah went from #704 to #170 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isaiah went from #704 to #170 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isaiah went from #704 to #170 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isaiah went from #704 to #170 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #72 in New South Wales, Australia in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Isaiah

Isaiah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Isaiah across 5 official records

Isaiah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Isaiah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Isaiah and the names beside it

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Isaiah at a glance

Isaiah across 5 official records

Isaiah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Isaiah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Isaiah

Isaiah and the names beside it

Isaiah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Isaiah

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