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Isis

Isis means "Egyptian goddess name" and comes from Egyptian, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Across the twelve decades this registry covers, it appears in 7 of them.

EgyptianEgyptian goddess name
EtymologyPossibly meaning "throne"
Births by decade
1900s
5
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
38
1970s
491
1980s
598
1990s
2,249
2000s
5,065
2010s
2,507
Peaked in the 2000s · 10,953 total U.S. births since 1900