Name meaning & stats

Isiah

Isiah means “Yahweh is salvation” (Hebrew origin). 20,689 US babies since 1940, peak 2001. Notable Isiahs are 5.5× over-represented as basketball players.

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What it means

“Yahweh is salvation”

HebrewForm of Isaiah

In US birth records

Peak year: 2001

20,689 US babies were named Isiah between 1940 and 2025.

Where Isiahs end up

Not enough notable Isiahs yet, so this uses the spelling family: Isaiah, Isiah.

Career	vs expected	Confidence
Basketball player	5.5×	High · 91 people
NFL-style footballer	3.0×	High · 53 people
Footballer	0.8×	Medium · 12 people
Actor	0.5×	Low · 5 people

Among notable men who are basketball players, the Isaiah family show up 5.5× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people born 1940–2005 in the US, UK, Canada and Australia (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Spelling family

1 in 15 Isaiahs spell it Isiah

Isaiah 81%
Isiah 7%
Izaiah 5%
Isa 2%
Izayah 1%
Issa 1%
Issiah <1%
Iziah <1%
Izaya <1%
Isayah <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2001)