Izaiah
Isaiah was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named.
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Meaning & Origin of Izaiah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Isaiah was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Izaiah
Izaiah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1984, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2009: 742 births, good for #400 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 39% of all recorded Izaiahs. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #636 among baby boy names with 446 births, gradually falling (-9%). In total, more than 15K Izaiahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Izaiah
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About the name Izaiah
Izaiah is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1984 and has accumulated 15K births in the dataset. Izaiah's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #390. Use the chart and map above to compare Izaiah'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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