Isra

What Isra means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Isra yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #294 vs #1,458 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Isra?

US: Rising: up from #2685 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #625 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 147 girls got the name (#1458 that year). First in the US records in 1985.

How common

• About 1 in 10,934 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,655 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MN (0.93 per 1,000 girls), VA (0.3 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.23 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Isra is #1458 in the US and #294 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.7% of US babies named Isra were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ezra327 US · 20 E&W
• Esra65 US · 34 E&W
• Azra67 US · 27 E&W
• Asra45 US · 27 E&W
• Israa25 US · 21 E&W
• Esraa17 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Isra

Girls

• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Esme#298Diminutive of Esmeralda, meaning “emerald”^*
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*

For a brother

• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Kai#93“warrior”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Isra’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.