Is Issa a boy or girl name?

Issa is a unisex name. Of the 3,217 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 28.9% were girls and 71.1% were boys.

Issa

Recorded 1969–2025 · United States

Issa was most popular in 2024, when 196 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,273 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,609, with 157 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,217 people named Issa.

Issa over time

Births per year. The dot marks Issa’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Issa a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Issa is a unisex name — 28.9% of the 3,217 Americans given it were girls and 71.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 39% girls and 61% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Issa

Where Issa is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org