Baby names starting with I
The girl and boy names starting with I given most often in the US in 2025.
Updated October 14, 2026 · sources checked October 14, 2026
In short
Among baby names starting with I, the most given in the US in 2025 were Isabella, Isla, Isaac, Isaiah. The two lists below rank up to 40 girl names and 40 boy names by the number of babies, from Social Security data; use the search box for any other name.
Ranked by the number of babies in 2025.
Girls
- Isabella 10,666
- Isla 6,012
- Ivy 5,117
- Iris 3,729
- Isabelle 1,825
- Isabel 1,746
- Itzel 850
- Ivory 810
- Iyla 572
- Izabella 532
- Ivanna 530
- Imani 512
- Indie 459
- Irene 442
- Isabela 426
- Ila 390
- Iliana 380
- Indy 353
- Inaya 350
- Indigo 318
- Ivey 282
- Inara 237
- Ira 222
- Ivana 217
- Icelynn 213
- Ines 213
- Imogen 211
- Ida 209
- Ingrid 209
- Isadora 177
- Isha 176
- Inez 156
- Isra 147
- Iqra 146
- Isis 128
- Irina 127
- Itzayana 127
- Isa 119
- India 118
- Iva 117
Boys
- Isaac 5,953
- Isaiah 5,267
- Ian 3,924
- Ivan 2,240
- Ismael 1,307
- Israel 1,081
- Ibrahim 939
- Iker 815
- Isaias 755
- Izaiah 439
- Idris 391
- Izael 336
- Ira 301
- Ignacio 298
- Izan 269
- Ishaan 266
- Issac 258
- Isa 253
- Imran 237
- Isael 231
- Ivaan 215
- Ismail 204
- Ilyas 200
- Isai 186
- Immanuel 168
- Ivar 133
- Iverson 129
- Ilan 124
- Ishmael 121
- Isiah 120
- Indigo 113
- Ignatius 100
- Iam 98
- Issa 98
- Irving 90
- Izayah 90
- Iman 89
- Isidro 88
- Ishan 84
- Irvin 80
About these numbers. Babies born in the United States who received a Social Security number, by year of birth (1980-2025). To protect privacy, the SSA only publishes a name in a given year if at least 5 babies of the same sex received it.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration — Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data. Licence: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government, 17 U.S.C. § 105). Data checked on 2026-10-14. Mamavela only counts and charts these official figures; nothing is estimated.