Boy name Japanese origin Shinto tradition

Issei

EE-say · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
First born; generation
Language
Japanese
Culture
Japanese
Religion
Shinto
Style era
modern
Themes
family · virtue
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#12986
2024 births5
Peak year2019
First appeared2013
Total US births33
2019 peak20132016201920212024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Issa
Alternate spellings
Issei

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Issei Sagawa (real person - controversial)