girls:
1.5k births since 1985
#4250 (26th percentile)
boys:
10 births since 2016
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1985
#6242 (19th percentile)
The name Isra is the #6,242 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,503 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 19.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,250 (25.6% percentile) for all time with 1,493 births since 1985. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 2016.
Isra first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for girls and 2016 for boys). Birth data for Isra is available in 38 out of the 39 years between 1985 and 2023 (38 years for girls and 2 years for boys). 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.
The name Isra has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Isra reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 12.5% percentile (ranked #829) with 70 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 70 births per million (ranked 12.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Isra is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #829 (12.5% percentile) with 70 births per million.
For boys, Isra reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #930) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Isra".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Isra. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.9% confident that Isra is pronounced as IHZ-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is IH-sruh, at 42.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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