boys:
3.4k births since 1881
#2156 (53rd percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1881
#4718 (39th percentile)
The name Isidore is the #4,718 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,357 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 39.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,156 (53.0% percentile) for all time with 3,357 births since 1881.
Isidore first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (first recorded for boys in 1881). Birth data for Isidore is available in 120 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023. 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, Isidore reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 32.3% percentile (ranked #340) with 194 births per million. The name was most common in 1914, with 228 births per million (ranked 31.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Isidore ranks #882 for boys (3.2% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 8.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Isidore".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Isidore", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 3 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Isadore" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Isadore..
Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Isidore. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.5% confident that Isidore is pronounced as IH-zih-dor, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is IH-zuh-dor, at 17.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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