Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Issei 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 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Issei through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 33 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2019.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Issei’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Issei is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 一成. In Japanese usage, Issei is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 一星. In Japanese usage, Issei is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 一晟.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Issei
- Issey MiyakeJapanese fashion designer (1938−2022)
- Issei TakahashiJapanese association football playerborn 1998
- Issei OuchiJapanese association football playerborn 2000
- Issei YamamotoJapanese astronomer (1889-1959)
- Issey TakahashiJapanese actorborn 1980
- Issei OtakeJapanese volleyball playerborn 1995
- Issei MiyazakiJapanese voice actorborn 1971
- Issei KumatoriyaJapanese footballerborn 2003
- Issei SudaJapanese photographer (1940–2019)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.