How rare is the name Issa?

4,017 people in the United States have the first name Issa, about 1 in 75,188. It ranks #4,583 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ISSA

#4,583

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,017
About
1 in 75,188
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,017 people named Issa, 43.9% reported their origin as White, 31.3% as Black and 15.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 80.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Issa peaked in 2024, when 196 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
196
In 2025*
157 ▼20%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 3,217 babies have been given the name since 1969. 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.

Issa by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,573. The largest share of babies named Issa, 53.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#7,227125
1980s#6,436197
1990s#5,311362
2000s#4,793590
2010s#3,642964
2020s#2,573974
Generation X 1965–804.5%
Millennials 1981–9613.6%
Generation Z 1997–1228.8%
2013 and later53.1%

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 Issa is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Issa has been most common in California (3.2×), Michigan (3.1×), and New York (2.9×), and least common in Florida (0.65×).

1,327 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 Issa

#4,581 Cirilo · 4,018#4,581 Shamika · 4,018#4,584 Modesta · 4,016#4,585 Jevon · 4,014

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,680 Isha · 5,525#3,834 Isa · 5,145#30,890 Issah · 280#31,475 Isia · 272#44,846 Isse · 153#46,856 Issai · 141

Also a last name

As a last name, Issa ranks #5,950 of 156,621, with 5,575 people. See Issa as a last name

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