Isham

Popularity Trends

The name Isham is the #7,124 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 615 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 7.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,971 (13.4% percentile) for all time with 615 births since 1880.

Isham has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 Birth data for Isham is available in 70 out of the 143 years between 1880 and 2022. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Isham reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #524) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1880, with 110 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Isham".

1880 2022 18802022

Key Statistics

Total Births

615

Peak Births

Peak Year

1922

First Recorded

1880

Peak Percentile

4.0%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#524

Current Rank

—

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Isham", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Isham.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Isham's popularity from 1880 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Isham at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Isham range from Netta at 82.0% correlation to Fanny at 77.5% correlation, with an average correlation level of 78.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Minnie with 159.9K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Matie with 579 births (100% girls).

Isham's share of births peaked at 109.8 births per million for boys in 1922. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (2% of peak) in 2007. In 2022, the most recent period with data, the name Isham had 3.2 births per million, 3% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Netta

1,106

82.01% (very strong)

Minor

1,740

79.02% (strong)

Matie

579

78.81% (strong)

Metta

1,123

77.91% (strong)

Lutie

735

77.84% (strong)

Burt

6,555

77.66% (strong)

Archibald

3,620

77.66% (strong)

Jennie

127.5k

77.65% (strong)

Lilla

4,381

77.63% (strong)

Minnie

159.9k

77.63% (strong)

Rolla

1,371

77.49% (strong)

Fanny

9,610

77.45% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Isham

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Isham. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 56.1% confident that Isham is pronounced as IH-shuhm, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AI-shuhm, at 29.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.

56.1%

29.3%

7.3%

4.9%

2.4%

IH-shuhm (2 syllables)

Verified

56.1% confidence

IH1 SH AH0 M

AI-shuhm (2 syllables)

29.3% confidence

AY1 SH AH0 M

ih-SHUHM (2 syllables)

7.3% confidence

IH0 SH AH1 M

EE-shuhm (2 syllables)

4.9% confidence

IY1 SH AH0 M

ih-SHAHM (2 syllables)

2.4% confidence

IH0 SH AA1 M

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Isham? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Isham. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Isham, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like IH1 SH AH0 M) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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