Fun Facts About the Name Izen
- 210 babies named Izen: U.S. records list 210 babies given the name Izen from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Izen Mean?
The origin of the personal name Izen is uncertain. Its form matches the Basque noun izen, meaning "name," a word related to the Basque verb izan, "to be." If the name is Basque, its literal sense would be "name," but a documented Basque use of Izen as a given name is not established, so this stays a possible rather than a confirmed derivation.
Izen Name History & Origins
Izen is uncommon as a given name, and its development is not clearly recorded. The clearest link is to the Basque language, spoken in the Basque Country of northern Spain and southwestern France, where izen is the everyday word for "name." Basque does draw personal names from ordinary vocabulary, but the noun izen ("name") is a different word from the verb izan ("to be"), and the two should not be treated as one origin. Whether Izen arose as a Basque name, as a respelling of a similar-looking name, or as a modern coinage cannot be settled from the information available.
How Popular is the Name Izen?
Izen 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 2022. Its best rank was #4,485 in 2022.
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 | #5,964 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #6,270 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #5,133 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #4,485 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #6,471 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #9,035 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #6,218 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #5,392 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #6,459 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2016 | #6,886 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #6,105 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #6,801 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #7,740 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #6,778 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #10,042 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #10,277 | 7 | 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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