Fun Facts About the Name Iza
- 480 babies named Iza: U.S. records list 480 babies given the name Iza from 1880 through 2025. Even 6 boys received the name Iza - about 1 boy for every 79 girls.
What Does the Name Iza Mean?
Iza is a feminine given name used mainly in Poland, Hungary, and the Slavic-speaking countries of Central and Southeastern Europe, where it serves as a short form of Izabela (Hungarian Izabella), the local form of Isabel. Iza has no root of its own; its meaning is inherited from that parent name. Isabel and its relatives come from Elizabeth, which descends from the Hebrew name Elisheva, usually explained as "God is my oath" or "my God is my oath." A second, less common reading of the Hebrew elements gives "my God is abundance." The customary meaning attached to Iza is therefore "God is my oath." The Arabic feminine name Izza, meaning "glory" or "honor," is a separate name with its own origin and is not related to Iza, even though the two can look alike in English spelling.
Iza Name History & Origins
Iza belongs to the large family of names that spread through Europe from devotion to Saint Elizabeth. Elizabeth and its western offshoot Isabel were carried into one language after another: Izabela in Polish and Czech, Izabella in Hungarian, Isabel in Spanish and Portuguese. Polish and Hungarian make especially heavy use of shortened, affectionate forms of given names, and Iza is one of the common short forms of Izabela, alongside Izka, Izabelka, and Bela or Bella. In Polish, Iza is also used as a formal given name in its own right, not only as a nickname.
Because the same short form circulates in several neighboring languages, Iza appears in Poland, Hungary, and the countries of the former Yugoslavia, including Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has also traveled with emigrants to the United States, Canada, and Britain, where it remains uncommon. In all of these settings the name keeps its two-syllable shape and its link, in most cases, to Izabela.
How Popular is the Name Iza?
Iza recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2022. Its best rank was #964 in 1882.
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 | #9,108 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #5,852 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2023 | #6,043 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #5,223 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #5,295 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2020 | #9,819 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #5,506 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2018 | #8,841 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2017 | #6,381 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #6,521 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #7,410 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2014 | #6,294 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #9,846 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #10,745 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #7,239 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2010 | #9,452 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #10,979 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #11,113 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #16,253 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #15,879 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #9,103 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #16,719 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #9,778 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #7,914 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #13,300 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #13,047 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #9,038 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #11,012 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #14,088 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #13,993 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #13,804 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #11,359 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #10,860 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #10,998 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1931 | #4,637 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1924 | #5,438 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1914 | #3,887 | 5 | 0.0007% |
| 1903 | #1,500 | 7 | 0.0027% |
| 1900 | #1,499 | 8 | 0.0027% |
| 1899 | #1,324 | 7 | 0.0030% |
| 1896 | #1,357 | 7 | 0.0029% |
| 1892 | #1,216 | 7 | 0.0033% |
| 1888 | #1,204 | 6 | 0.0034% |
| 1887 | #1,219 | 5 | 0.0034% |
| 1885 | #1,116 | 5 | 0.0038% |
| 1882 | #964 | 5 | 0.0046% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | #11,374 | 6 | 0.0004% |
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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