Yeshaya
Isaiah was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named.
Meaning & Origin of Yeshaya
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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The Story of Yeshaya
Yeshaya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1976, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 44 Yeshayas were born — ranking #2,867 that year. As of 2026, Yeshaya ranks #2,941 for baby boys with 43 births, rising sharply (+24% over the past five years). In total, more than 898 Yeshayas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Yeshaya
Yeshaya is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 898 births in the dataset. Yeshaya's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #2,867. Use the chart and map above to compare Yeshaya'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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