How rare is the name Isaura?

3,596 people in the United States have the first name Isaura, about 1 in 83,991. It ranks #4,943 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ISAURA

#4,943

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,596
About
1 in 83,991
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,596 people named Isaura, 90.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 7.7% as White and 1.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Isaura peaked in 2007, when 63 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
63
In 2025*
14 ▼78%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,520 babies have been given the name since 1916. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Isaura by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,985. The largest share of babies named Isaura, 34.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#9,47512
1920s#6,72965
1930s#8,37524
1940s#8,46928
1950s#10,13425
1960s#9,66842
1970s#7,227125
1980s#4,985287
1990s#5,663330
2000s#7,111331
2010s#11,664175
2020s#13,91876
Greatest Generation 1901–274.6%
Silent Generation 1928–452.9%
Baby boom 1946–644%
Generation X 1965–8010.5%
Millennials 1981–9634.2%
Generation Z 1997–1231.6%
2013 and later12.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Isaura

#4,941 Liliya · 3,598#4,941 Yin · 3,598#4,944 Christos · 3,595#4,945 Venita · 3,594

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Isaura, most common first.

#11,753 Isauro · 1,078#52,900 Isaira · 104

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