Given name & surname

Isaya

Isaya is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Isaya isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Isaya through the years

Babies since 1880
58
58 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2002
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Isaya in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1995–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 158 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Isaya’s family of names

In Swahili usage, Isaya has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Isaías.

Walk Isaya’s family in the name graph

IsayaIssayaIsaías

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Isaya, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Issaih

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Izayiah

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>99% boys

Modern

Isahia

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Ishant

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Uzayr

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Antwaan

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Emrah

“one who is brotherly”

0Not recently recorded

83% boys · 17% girls

Modern

Nyshaun

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Isaya’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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