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Nisaiah

Masculine · “the Lord is salvation”

2001high 2025
#1585 in the U.S.new to the charts
new107 boys in 2025

Nisaiah is a recent American formation on Isaiah, and the prophet's Hebrew name is a complete sentence — the Lord is salvation.

How old is the name Nisaiah?

Nisaiah first appears in US birth records in 2001 — 24 years ago. Nisaiah is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Nisaiahs are still in diapers. About 200 people named Nisaiah are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Nisaiah most popular?

Nisaiah peaked in 2025, reaching #1585 nationally. Today it ranks #1585, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Nisaiah

Isaiah is the longest of the prophetic books and the most quoted in the New Testament; the Great Isaiah Scroll from Qumran is the oldest complete biblical manuscript. Isaiah rose sharply in American use from the 1990s. American families built prefixed forms on it, and Nisaiah appears in the registers in the 2010s.

Meaningscholars disagree

the Lord is salvation

Through Isaiah, from the Hebrew Yeshayahu — yasha, 'to save', and Yahu, the divine name. The Ni- front is an American naming marker rather than a word. Whether Nisaiah is built on Isaiah with a prefix or is an independent coinage is not documented, though the first is far likelier.

How the name formed

  1. Yeshayahu
  2. Isaiah
  3. Nisaiah

Related forms: Isaiah · Yeshayahu · Isaías

Pronouncing Nisaiah

ny-ZY-uh

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Isaiah is eye-ZY-uh with the same rhythm.

Nicknames for Nisaiah

Moderate

SaiTaken from the middle of the name, sharp and one-syllable
ZayA substitution from the same sound, with real modern currency
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 2001–202510754010720012025

US babies named Nisaiah per year from 2001 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#15852000s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
2001
Most boys named
2025107 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1585reached in 2025
Change vs 2016
+1237.5%107 in 2025, from 8
Nisaiah is new to the charts. There is not yet enough history to call a cycle — its biggest year so far is 2025, with 107 boys. The move since 2016: up 1237.5%.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Nisaiah in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Isaiah in English — related form
  • Yeshayahu in Hebrew — related form
  • Isaías in Spanish — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, New York, North Carolina.

Nisaiahs among us

200

people named Nisaiah are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 15,963 born in 2025 was named Nisaiah

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Nisaiah

#1585
Nisaiah on the 2025 chart
#789
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Nisaiah went to 107 boys in 2025, but Nizaiah and Nyzaiah are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 139, which makes it the 789th most-given boys’ name of the year — 796 places above the chart.

  • Nisaiah107
  • Nizaiah19
  • Nyzaiah13

About 1 boy in 12,288 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 15,963 for Nisaiah itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Livan test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Nisaiah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Livan climbed just as high around 1998, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Livan's path sketches the road Nisaiah is walking now.

45%chance Nisaiah will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Nisaiah, aligned on its peakLivan· peak 1998not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+30 yrsLivan · #9970Nisaiah today
Nisaiah today is about where Livan stood in 1998 — in its own peak year. By 2013, Livan had settled around #11426.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Nisaiah is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Nisaiah beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Nisaiah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Nisaiahthis name107#1585Sulaiman107#1585Delijah107#1585Terrence107#1585Chester107#1585

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Isaiah behind it is a complete statement and one of the great prophetic books.
  • Three syllables with a strong middle, a rhythm that carries well.
  • It is genuinely rare — almost nobody else will have it.
What to consider
  • Isaiah is far commoner and will be assumed.
  • The Ni- prefix carries no meaning of its own.
  • It is very new and will need spelling out every time.

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Frequently asked

How many Nisaiahs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Nisaiah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Nisaiah?
Nisaiah is the most-used spelling in US records — 107 of the 139 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Nizaiah and Nyzaiah.
How popular is the name Nisaiah in 2025?
Nisaiah ranks #1585 among US boy names in 2025, with 107 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Nisaiah?
About 1 in every 15,963 US boys born in 2025 was named Nisaiah — 107 in all.
Will my child share the name Nisaiah with classmates?
Nisaiah will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Nisaiah

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Sulaiman#1585 · Delijah#1585 · Terrence#1585 · Chester#1585 · Karl#1585 · Zohan#1585 · Said#1585 · Amazi#1585

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