Izaiah

What Izaiah means

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

Editor’s note Down from #538 in 2015 to #635 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Izaiah?

US: Falling: down from #538 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2150 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2012, when 729 boys got the name (#400 that year). First in the US records in 1984.

How common

• About 1 in 3,891 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 11,331 baby boys in England and Wales 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 NM (1.08 per 1,000 boys), AR (0.56 per 1,000 boys), AZ (0.55 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Izaiah is #635 in the US and #1197 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Izaiah were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Isaiah5,267 US · 338 E&W
• Eziah465 US · 37 E&W
• Azaiah346 US · 33 E&W
• Asaiah331 US · 13 E&W
• Aziah164 US · 37 E&W
• Oziah87 US · 12 E&W
• Uzziah64 US
• Ezaia36 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 Izaiah

Boys

• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Jack#15Short form of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*

For a sister

• Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*

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 Izaiah’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.