Given name
Isiah
“God is salvation”·“God is my salvation”
In English use, Isiah has a related form in Isaiah. Interpretations include “God is salvation” (Hebrew) and “God is my salvation” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Isiah has a related form in Isaiah. Interpretations include “God is salvation” (Hebrew) and “God is my salvation” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Isiah has a related form in Isaiah. An origin associated with Isaiah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Isiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24,721
- 24,710 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 822 babies
- 2025
- 120
- #1,480 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 120 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,480 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 822 in 2001. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (18). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 17,463 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.
Isiah’s family of names
In English usage, Isiah has a diminutive in Izzy. In English usage, Isiah has a related form in Isaiah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Isiah
- Isiah ThomasAmerican basketball player, coach, executiveborn 1961
- Isiah Whitlock Jr.American actor (1954–2025)
- Isiah KoechKenyan athleteborn 1993
- Isiah YoungAmerican sprint athleteborn 1990
- Isiah PachecoAmerican football player (born 1999)born 2000
- Isiah Kiner-FalefaAmerican professional baseball playerborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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