Isaiah
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Isaiah is a classic and powerful boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Salvation of the Lord"
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/aɪzeɪə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Isaiah is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Guyana it is the 55th most common given name.
- USUnited States1 in 1.9K(measured from records)
- NGNigeria≈1 in 2.1K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 11K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 487 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)
175,788 people, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Isaiah is a classic and powerful boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Salvation of the Lord." It belongs to one of the most revered prophets of the Old Testament, known for his eloquence and profound visions of hope and redemption. The name carries a sense of strength, divine purpose, and timeless wisdom.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Isaiah, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Isaiah counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #754 | 175,788 | 1 in 1.9K | 175K | Isaiah | 487 |
| NG Nigeria | #415 | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Isaiah | 101 |
| KE Kenya | — | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Isaiah | 27 |
| GH Ghana | #239 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | — | Isaiah | 51 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈4,900 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Isaiah | 40 |
| GY Guyana | #55 | 340 | 1 in 2.2K | 340 | Isaiah | 6 |
175,788 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Isaiah is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name is derived from the Hebrew name יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Yəšaʿyāhū), which is a combination of the root יָשַׁע (yashaʿ), meaning "to save," and יָהּ (yah), a shortened form of the divine name Yahweh.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Isaiah means "Yahweh is salvation," a theme that encapsulates the core message of his prophetic book: that deliverance and hope for Israel and all nations are found in God alone.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, biblical prophet; Old Testament book;
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Hebrew; God is salvation or God is my helper; prophet in the Bible.
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Biblical name (meaning ‘God is salvation’ in Hebrew}, borne by the most important of the major prophets. Rather surprisingly perhaps, the name has never been common in the Englishspeaking world, although it was occasionally used among the Puritans in the 17th century. It is well established as a Jewish name.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Isaiah Bowmanb. 1878USAmerican geographer (1878–1950)
- Isaiah Berlinb. 1909GBRusso-British-Latvian Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas (1909–1997)
- Isaiah Washingtonb. 1963USAmerican actor (born 1963)
- Isaiah Morrisb. 1969USAmerican basketball player (born 1969)
- Isaiah Riderb. 1971USAmerican basketball player (born 1971)
- Isaiah Mustafab. 1974USAmerican actor and former NFL practice squad wide receiver
- Isaiah Thomasb. 1989USAmerican basketball player (born 1989)
- Isaiah Canaanb. 1991USAmerican basketball player (born 1991)
- Isaiah Whiteheadb. 1995USAmerican basketball player (born 1995)
- Isaiah Firebraceb. 1999AUAustralian singer (born 1999)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 81 sources across 48 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 175K | #315 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 5.3K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 476 | #315 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 340 | #286 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 6 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Isaiah a male or female name?
- Isaiah is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Isaiah?
- In the etymology graph, Isaias, Isiah and Shai are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Isaiah?
- A machine transcription gives /aɪzeɪə/ (IPA) for English.
- Where does the name Isaiah come from?
- Isaiah is a classic and powerful boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Salvation of the Lord." It belongs to one of the most revered prophets of the Old Testament, known for his eloquence and profound… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- In which country does Isaiah have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 176 thousand people named Isaiah, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled isaiah.
- Where is Isaiah most common?
- Isaiah is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.9 thousand people carrying it.
- What does the name Isaiah mean?
- Recorded meaning: Isaiah is a classic and powerful boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Salvation of the Lord."
- How common is the name Isaiah?
- In the United States, the national register counted 175,788 people named Isaiah in 2020, about 1 in 1.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Isaiah compared with other names?
- In the United States, Isaiah is the 754th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/isaiahThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Isaiah” — the 754th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.