Issam

maleStatistical record

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

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

Issam: Recorded since 2000, it reached #2,172 in 2017, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#2172highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2000–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#2501
2003	#2857
2004	#3009
2006	#4052
2007	#3095
2009	#3744
2010	#2941
2011	#2390
2012	#3416
2013	#3315
2015	#3004
2016	#3478
2017	#2172
2018	#4749
2019	#3411
2022	#4789
2024	#3254

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 17 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #2501 among boys in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #2172 among boys in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 2000–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Issam 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 Issam in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	24	6 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	53	9 of 10	6
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Issam appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2172 in England and Wales in 2017.

Issam'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2000 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,172, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 25 births →

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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Aser · #2172, 13y
Elden · #2172, 17y
Jediah · #2172, 17y
Bellatrix · #2170, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aser · #2172, 13y
Elden · #2172, 17y
Eleena · #2170, 18y
Fadil · #2174, 18y

Issam 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 Issam without appearing here.

Issam moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4749 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #2165 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3411 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Morten Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2390 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Issam

Gustav Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3411 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #2320.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2172 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.
Nicola Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2172 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #3013.
Henrik Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2390 and #2194.

Moved the same way as Issam

Brent Compare
Between 2000 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Issam went from #2501 to #4789 and Brent from #848 to #3449.
Garry Compare
Between 2000 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Issam went from #2501 to #4789 and Garry from #1048 to #3048.
Ole Compare
Between 2000 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Issam went from #2501 to #4789 and Ole from #3036 to #4789.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2172 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Issam

Issam at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Issam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Issam at a glance

Issam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Issam and the names beside it

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