Issa
Issa was the 1682nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 98 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1535th with 115 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 714 places. More babies were named Issa in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,682 boys, up 72 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 98boys
- Girls and boys
- 40% girls, 60% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024115 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,217babies recorded
Issa popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,871 | #1,682 | 59 | 98 |
| 2020 | #2,990 | #1,754 | 54 | 88 |
| 2010 | #5,691 | #2,339 | 24 | 55 |
| 2000 | #12,291 | #3,177 | 7 | 27 |
| 1990 | #13,800 | #2,398 | 5 | 29 |
| 1980 | — | #2,881 | — | 16 |
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How popular is Issa, counting every spelling?
Issa has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Issa?
98 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Issa (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Issa born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 85 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Issa.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Issa?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Issa are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 6 and 26. That makes Issa mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Issa by state
How common Issa was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Michigan (4.0×), New York (2.7×), Ohio (1.5×). In 40 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Issa
How popular is the name Issa?
Issa was the 1682nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 98 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1535th with 115 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 714 places. More babies were named Issa in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Issa a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 40% girls, 60% boys given the name Issa in the US.
Where is Issa most popular?
In 2021–2025, Issa was most common in Michigan (0.23 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and Ohio.