boy's name

Yeshayahu

  • Origin Hebrew
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 39

Yeshayahu is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Yeshayahu is a name of Hebrew origin.
  • Peaked in 2008, when 6 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1990.

Yeshayahu over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Yeshayahu by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 10
2000s 6
2010s 10
2020s (to 2025) 10

How popular is Yeshayahu?

In 2025, Yeshayahu was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Yeshayahu is used

England & Wales #5,978 3 in 2021
United States #13,508 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Yeshayahu

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Yeshayahu also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Yeshayahu over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Yeshayahu

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Yeshayahu — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Yeshayahu

How popular is the name Yeshayahu?

In 2025, Yeshayahu was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Yeshayahu a girl's or a boy's name?

Yeshayahu is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Yeshayahu most popular?

Yeshayahu peaked in 2008, when 6 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Yeshayahu a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Yeshayahu currently ranks #13,508 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.