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Isa

Meaning
My God is an oath
Origin
English — Diminutive of Isabel
Origin
Arabic — The Arabic name of Jesus, عيسى

Boy's name · #933 in the US (2025) · Trending

66% boys · 34% girls — Isa is also given to girls: 119 in 2025, about 34% in recent years. Isa →

Popularity over time

Isa is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1915, it stood at #933 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 3,100 boys have been named Isa along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#44 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2025) · #182 in Austria (2025) · #213 in Norway (2025) · #237 in Netherlands (2025) · #238 in England & Wales (2025) · #309 in Belgium (2025) · #314 in Sweden (2025) · #475 in Switzerland (2025) · #930 in Ireland (2025) · #1,906 in France (2025) · #452 in Canada (2024).

Famous Isas

What Isas become

Among 473 notable people named Isa:

Entertainers appear 1.42× more often than among typical names — e.g. Isa Qosja, Albanian film director (born 1947).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Issa (#1682), Isa would rank around #740 with about 350 births last year — the newborns split about 72/28 between Isa and Issa.

Similar names: Issa · Yasin · Izhaan · Khaza · Ayman · Yahya

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