Recorded 1969–2025 · United States
Issa was most popular in 2024, when 196 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,273 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,609, with 157 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,217 people named Issa.
Issa first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1969, which makes it about 56 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 56 of the 57 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,217 American births named Issa between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,163 are estimated to be alive today.
157 American babies were named Issa in 2025, ranking #2,609 that year.
Issa is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 166 births a year, against 81 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +106% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Issa is a unisex name — 28.9% of the 3,217 Americans given it were girls and 71.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 39% girls and 61% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 3,163 Americans named Issa are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 5 and 24.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org