Isiah

maleStatistical record

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

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

Isiah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,139 in 2021, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1139highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#1761
1999	#1383
2000	#2142
2001	#1746
2003	#2189
2004	#2578
2005	#2418
2006	#1892
2007	#1578
2008	#2507
2009	#1749
2010	#1289
2011	#1447
2012	#1962
2013	#2660
2014	#3895
2015	#1902
2016	#1498
2017	#1289
2018	#1533
2019	#1439
2020	#1379
2021	#1139
2022	#1179
2023	#1407
2024	#1322

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 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1139 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Isiah 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 Isiah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	3 of 10	6
2000s	70	9 of 10	8
2010s	139	10 of 10	14
2020sbusiest	103	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Isiah 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1139 in England and Wales in 2021.

Isiah'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	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1407	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1179	23	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1139	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1439	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1289	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,139, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
22 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,322position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
24births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 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

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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.

Evander · #1139, 23y
Muadh · #1139, 23y
Suleyman · #1139, 28y
Alden · #1143, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aksa · #1139, 20y
Evander · #1139, 23y
Muadh · #1139, 23y
Suleyman · #1139, 28y

Isiah 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 Isiah without appearing here.

Isiah moved ahead of

Tor Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3895 and #3362 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1902 and #4747.
Kelly Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3895 and #3362 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1289 and #3449.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2578 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1892 and #4052.
Kerry Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2578 and #2578 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1578 and #3589.

Moved ahead of Isiah

Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2578 and #1347.
Arlo Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1746 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2189 and #1188.
Theodor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1447 and #1522 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1962 and #1086.
Cooper Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1383 and #1850 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2142 and #1425.

Moved the opposite way to Isiah

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isiah went from #2357 to #1322 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isiah went from #2357 to #1322 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isiah went from #2357 to #1322 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isiah went from #2357 to #1322 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Isiah

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isiah went from #2357 to #1322 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isiah went from #2357 to #1322 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isiah went from #2357 to #1322 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Isiah went from #2357 to #1322 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1139 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Isiah

Isiah at a glance

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Popularity journey

Isiah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Isiah at a glance

Isiah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Isiah and the names beside it

Isiah moved ahead of

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