Isami
Isami is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Isami Doi (1903–1965), American printmaker and painter Isami Enomoto (1929-2016), American ceramicist Isami Ishii , Japanese manga artist Isami Kodaka , Japanese professional wrestler Kondō Isami (1834–1868), Japanese swordsman and commander of the Shinsengumi Isami Nomura , Japanese professional baseball infielder
Meaning & Origin of Isami
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Isami is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Isami Doi (1903–1965), American printmaker and painter Isami Enomoto (1929-2016), American ceramicist Isami Ishii , Japanese manga artist Isami Kodaka , Japanese professional wrestler Kondō Isami (1834–1868), Japanese swordsman and commander of the Shinsengumi Isami Nomura , Japanese professional baseball infielder
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The Story of Isami
Isami first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1914, with 10 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1916: 14 births, good for #2,043 nationwide. About 53% of every Isami on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Isami last appeared in the published SSA data in 1929, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 136 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Isami
Isami is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 136 births in the dataset. Isami's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #2,043. Use the chart and map above to compare Isami'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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