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Izzy

#1,903 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Diminutive of Isidore

Izzy has been given to 1,562 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #1,903 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 140 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% girls, 24% boys all-time.

Babies named Izzy, 2025

1 in 32,500

Izzy over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Izzy over time

In 2025, Izzy went to 80% girls and 20% boys.

19162025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Izzy: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Isidore

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Izzy means

Izzy is a diminutive of Isidore.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Izzy → Isidore. The family’s meaning is “gift of (the goddess) Isis”, recorded in English.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From the /ɪz-/ root of the names + -y. The common noun derives from Isaac and Israel, male given names of Hebrew origin, popular among Jewish people, the latter also being the name of the self-defined Jewish state.

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Origin, language, and formation

Izzy is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Isidore, Isabel and Israel.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Izzy is pronounced /ˈɪzi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,187 girls were recorded with the name Izzy between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 140 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,534 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,731 in 2020 to #1,903 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,070 in 2015 to #1,903 in 2025.

In the United States, 375 boys were recorded with the name Izzy between 1916 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 2024; its best national rank was #3,728 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,468 in 2020 to #4,181 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,104 in 2015 to #4,181 in 2025.

How common is Izzy?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 32,500
102 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 15,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,903
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
22,530 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Izzy 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 2025 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 22,530 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Izzy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Izzys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Izzy was born before 2020 — so the typical Izzy is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
50.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,187
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 50.3% of all recorded uses (597).

Is Izzy 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
+184
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+828
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,167
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.85×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
72.9%
Peak was 2022 (140)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,534
2022

Spellings of Izzy

Izzy is not the most common spelling — Ivy is, with 73.0% against Izzy's 1.0%.

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.

Where Izzy is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Izzy was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 14,286 girls, against 1 in 28,368 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

17 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 14,286
  2. 2Alabama1 in 16,667
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 20,000
  4. 4California1 in 20,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 20,000
  6. 6Iowa1 in 25,000
  7. 7Ohio1 in 25,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Izzy is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Izzy was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 459,053 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Izzy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Izzy around the world

Where Izzy 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
    1997–2025
    #1,362
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2010–2025
    #359
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2010–2025
    #290
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2007–2025
    #443
    in 2025
  • France
    2008–2023
    #2,744
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2012–2024
    #1,854
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2008–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Izzy by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,903
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 828
Best rank ever
#1,534
2022
Peak year
2022
140 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,187
Count in 2025
102

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,181
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 287
Best rank ever
#3,728
2024
Peak year
2024
30 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
375
Count in 2025
25

Names similar to Izzy

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

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Sibling names for Izzy

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

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