Isah
Isah is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Isah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Isah is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Isah
As a girl name
Isah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2007, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 5 births, good for #17,634 nationwide. Isah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Isah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1920, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1924: 8 births, good for #3,260 nationwide. About 53% of every Isah on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Isah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 36 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Isah
Isah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 36 births in the dataset. Isah's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #3,260. Use the chart and map above to compare Isah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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