Isah

maleStatistical record

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

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

Isah: Recorded since 2002, it reached #2,754 in 2005, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#2754highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#3225
2004	#3651
2005	#2754
2006	#3385
2007	#3589
2008	#2775
2009	#4527
2010	#3332
2011	#3300
2012	#3039
2013	#3822
2014	#4632
2018	#4749
2019	#3937
2021	#4789
2024	#5119

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 16 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3225 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #2754 among boys in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Isah 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 Isah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	28	7 of 10	4
2010s	30	7 of 10	4
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Isah 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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2754 in England and Wales in 2005.

Isah'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	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 2002 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,754, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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 →
11 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 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.

Amare · #2754, 18y
Billy-Jay · #2754, 13y
Issah · #2754, 11y
Jaleel · #2754, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Amare · #2754, 18y
Billy-Jay · #2754, 13y
Fen · #2754, 9y
Issah · #2754, 11y

Isah 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 Isah without appearing here.

Isah moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #4685.
Brooke Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #4702.
Shannon Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #4702.
Maddison Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3385 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #4333.

Moved ahead of Isah

Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3039 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #2403.
Willow Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3937 and #4702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3990.
Matheo Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3589 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2775 and #2276.

Moved the opposite way to Isah

Albie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isah went from #3225 to #5119 while Albie went from #722 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isah went from #3225 to #5119 while Alfie went from #49 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isah went from #3225 to #5119 while Alfred went from #142 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isah went from #3225 to #5119 while Archie went from #55 to #10.

Moved the same way as Isah

Aaron Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isah went from #3225 to #5119 and Aaron from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isah went from #3225 to #5119 and Adam from #17 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isah went from #3225 to #5119 and Alan from #239 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isah went from #3225 to #5119 and Alex from #42 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2754 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Isah

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Isah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Isah at a glance

Isah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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