Isaiah
Isaiah is a masculine name of biblical origin. It comes from the Hebrew: יְשַׁעְיָהוּ, meaning 'Yahweh is salvation'. The best known Isaiah is a prophet, in the Book of Isaiah. In Ruthenia, the name Isaiah pervaded from Greek, in the form of Isaija, as well as in the abbreviated form Isaj, which in the fifteenth century was popular in Halic Rus, then connected to Poland for a hundred years.
- English
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Isaiah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Isaiah is a masculine name of biblical origin. It comes from the Hebrew: יְשַׁעְיָהוּ, meaning 'Yahweh is salvation'. The best known Isaiah is a prophet, in the Book of Isaiah. In Ruthenia, the name Isaiah pervaded from Greek, in the form of Isaija, as well as in the abbreviated form Isaj, which in the fifteenth century was popular in Halic Rus, then connected to Poland for a hundred years.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Biblical
The Story of Isaiah
The earliest SSA record of Isaiah as a baby boy name dates back to 1880, when 40 babies received it. 2006 was its biggest year on record, with 10,459 newborns named Isaiah — #39 in the national rankings. About 36% of every Isaiah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Isaiah ranks #60 for baby boys with 4,942 births, falling sharply (-19%). All told, over 259K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Isaiah
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Isaiah. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Isaiah
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About the name Isaiah
Isaiah is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 259K births in the dataset. Isaiah's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #39. Use the chart and map above to compare Isaiah'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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