Isma

Girls' name

A (male) Muslim: a (male) Muslim person, through Ismael

Isma has been given to 108 babies in the U.S. since 1895. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1914, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Isma, 2024

1 in 371,000

Isma over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Isma: meaning, origin, and history

A (male) Muslim: a (male) Muslim person, through Ismael

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Isma means

Isma belongs to the name family reached through Isma → Ismael → יִשְׁמָעֵאל. Its meaning is “A (male) Muslim: a (male) Muslim person”.

Origin, language, and formation

Isma is used in Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ismael and יִשְׁמָעֵאל.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 108 girls were recorded with the name Isma between 1895 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1914; its best national rank was #1,705 in 1895.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Isma?

Isma had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 371,000; 9 of 3,342,801 births
Among girls only: 1 in 180,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 257,451 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Isma sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 257,451 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Isma. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ismas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Isma was born before 1921 — so the typical Isma is around 104 today.

Median birth year: 1921; About 104 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 27.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 50.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 54; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 27.8% of all recorded uses (30).

Is Isma rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1914 (9)
Years since peak: 111; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,705; 1895

Spellings of Isma

Isma is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 34.0% against Isma's <0.01%.

Lisa34.0%967,229
Emma27.3%776,439
Ida6.6%187,929
Alma5.8%163,723
Wilma4.9%140,101
Irma2.6%73,769
Isla2.0%58,252
Erma1.9%54,949

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Isma around the world

Where Isma ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#5,927
in 2025
France
1972–2025
#2,578
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Isma by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,705; 1895
Peak year: 1914; 9 that year
First recorded: 1895
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 108
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Isma

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ismahan Ismay Bisma Ismael Ismah Esma Ismari Basma Ismelda Yasma Prisma Ismaela Ismar Ismenia Ismerai Ismary Jasma Asma Cosma Desma Nasma Chrisma Ismat Nisma

Sibling names for Isma

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Golda Lauretta Era Leatha Leone Mayme Artie Alpha

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Aloysius Hyman Regis

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