How rare is the name Isis?

12,086 people in the United States have the first name Isis, about 1 in 24,990. It ranks #2,187 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ISIS

#2,187

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,086
About
1 in 24,990
This common or more
78.9%
Who bears it

Of the 12,086 people named Isis, 50.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 26% as Black and 15.1% as White. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Isis peaked in 2005, when 561 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19012025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
561
In 2025*
128 ▼77%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 11,893 babies have been given the name since 1901. 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.

Isis by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,077. The largest share of babies named Isis, 63.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#4,9315
1960s#10,01038
1970s#3,013491
1980s#3,029598
1990s#1,5772,251
2000s#1,0775,070
2010s#1,8382,633
2020s#2,900807
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–804.7%
Millennials 1981–9614.3%
Generation Z 1997–1263.5%
2013 and later17.3%

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.

Where Isis is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Isis has been most common in Nevada (3.3×), Florida (2.2×), and Arizona (2.2×), and least common in Minnesota (0.31×).

9,696 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Isis

#2,185 Haleigh · 12,104#2,186 Rosanne · 12,099#2,188 Cari · 12,068#2,189 Bettie · 12,043

Spelled almost the same

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

#18,507 Isais · 582#28,312 Isias · 318#29,154 Issis · 305#30,089 Isys · 291

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