Fun Facts About the Name Isaih
- More than 1 thousand babies named Isaih: U.S. records list 1,510 babies given the name Isaih from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Isaih Mean?
Isaih is a spelling variant of Isaiah, a name from the Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Yeshayahu), meaning "Yahweh is salvation." The Hebrew name joins the verb יָשַׁע (yasha), "to save" or "to deliver," with Yah (יָהּ), a shortened form of the divine name.
That same name passed into Greek as Ἠσαΐας (Esaias) and into Latin as Isaias, and the English form Isaiah descends from those traditions. Isaih is not a separate name with its own root; it is an alternative English spelling of Isaiah. It should not be confused with Isai, a form of the unrelated name Jesse (Yishai) that appears in some Bible translations and in Orthodox usage.
Isaih Name History & Origins
The Hebrew name Yeshayahu is the name of the prophet whose oracles are collected in the Book of Isaiah, a work set in Jerusalem in the 8th century BCE. Through that prophet the name was carried for centuries in Jewish and Christian communities.
In the Greek Septuagint the prophet is called Esaias, and the Latin Vulgate uses Isaias. English translations of the 16th and 17th centuries - Tyndale's Bible, the Geneva Bible, and the King James Version - use the form Isaiah, which became the standard English spelling.
Isaih has no separate line of transmission from Isaiah; it is a respelling of the same English name. Its final -h reflects the Hebrew ending -yahu, while the missing a is a simplification of the usual English form. Because the spelling is uncommon, a person named Isaih is most likely to be recorded under the standard form Isaiah in older documents.
How Popular is the Name Isaih?
Isaih has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1999. Its best rank was #1,165 in 1894.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,078 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #8,498 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #7,979 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #7,805 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #5,809 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #7,345 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #8,423 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #5,904 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #7,326 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #4,948 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #4,945 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #6,389 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #3,832 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2011 | #2,823 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 2010 | #3,340 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2009 | #3,235 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2008 | #2,603 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 2007 | #2,005 | 70 | 0.0034% |
| 2006 | #2,158 | 60 | 0.0029% |
| 2005 | #2,193 | 55 | 0.0028% |
| 2004 | #1,893 | 65 | 0.0033% |
| 2003 | #2,086 | 54 | 0.0027% |
| 2002 | #1,730 | 67 | 0.0035% |
| 2001 | #1,770 | 64 | 0.0033% |
| 2000 | #1,731 | 65 | 0.0033% |
| 1999 | #1,521 | 74 | 0.0039% |
| 1998 | #1,777 | 57 | 0.0030% |
| 1997 | #1,490 | 71 | 0.0038% |
| 1996 | #1,967 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 1995 | #2,066 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 1994 | #2,527 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1993 | #2,475 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 1992 | #2,945 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1991 | #2,863 | 23 | 0.0011% |
| 1990 | #1,989 | 38 | 0.0019% |
| 1989 | #2,569 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1988 | #2,898 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1987 | #4,380 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #4,258 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #4,876 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #5,772 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #6,755 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #3,796 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #3,127 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1953 | #4,056 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1951 | #3,948 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #3,498 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #3,025 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1945 | #3,150 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1935 | #3,906 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #2,537 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1929 | #4,259 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1927 | #3,622 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1923 | #2,389 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1922 | #3,690 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1921 | #3,346 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1920 | #4,037 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1919 | #2,988 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1918 | #2,779 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1917 | #3,058 | 8 | 0.0009% |
| 1915 | #4,088 | 5 | 0.0006% |
| 1914 | #2,180 | 10 | 0.0015% |
| 1913 | #3,037 | 5 | 0.0010% |
| 1912 | #2,139 | 7 | 0.0016% |
| 1894 | #1,165 | 5 | 0.0043% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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