Isom
Isom is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 339th, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192037 births
- Best rank
- #339in 1884
- Since 1880
- 1,775people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,775 boys have been named Isom in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 37 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 37 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 30 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Isom | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 183 | |
| 1890s | 117 | |
| 1900s | 115 | |
| 1910s | 233 | |
| 1920s | 277 | |
| 1930s | 165 | |
| 1940s | 169 | |
| 1950s | 142 | |
| 1960s | 57 | |
| 1970s | 59 | |
| 1980s | 57 | |
| 1990s | 65 | |
| 2000s | 49 | |
| 2010s | 60 | |
| 2020s | 27 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Isom was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Isom
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Simpeak 1918
- Charleypeak 1920
- Washpeak 1921
- Pinkpeak 1919
- Hirampeak 1920
- Chaspeak 1915
- Washingtonpeak 1921
- Bertpeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.