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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

IsaIn Hebrew: איזה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Isa (Hebrew: איזה) is a girl's name of international origin. 78 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1953, with 6 babies.

People in Israel
78
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1953
6 babies
USA, 2025
119
rank #1,710

Writing and saying Isa

In Hebrew letters the name is איזה, read right to left. Isa is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Isa by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Isa: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Isa in English-speaking countries

Isa in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025119#1,7102025 (119)
United Kingdom20254#4,9352013 (7)
England and Wales20254#4,8662013 (7)
Ireland20253#8502013 (3)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Isa has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Isa

How do you write Isa in Hebrew?

Isa is written איזה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Isa?

78 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name איזה: 68 women and 10 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Isa a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 87.2% of the people named איזה are women.

Is Isa used outside Israel?

The name Isa appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 119 girls were given it in 2025 (#1,710), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 4 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.