Holding steady.
Popularity of Izayiah since 2001
Babies named Izayiah per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 116 |
| 2010s | 124 |
| 2020s | 38 |
Meaning & origin
Izayiah is a modern respelling of the biblical name Isaiah, first recorded in U.S. Social Security data in 2001. The name saw its peak usage in 2009, though it has never entered the top 1000. It belongs to a category of creative variant spellings that gained traction in the early 2000s, such as Jayden and Aaliyah, but Izayiah remains far less common. The trajectory of the name has been stable since the 2000s, with no significant rise or decline. Its absence from the top states list indicates it is used sporadically across the country rather than concentrated in any region.
Izayiah is a modern respelling of Isaiah, which comes from the Hebrew name Yeshayahu, meaning 'Yahweh is salvation.' The Isaiah spelling has been used in English since the Protestant Reformation. The Izayiah variant emerged in the early 2000s, following a trend of creative respellings of biblical names.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Zay, Izy
Sibling names for Izayiah
Names that share Izayiah's style, for a brother or sister.
