Meaning not yet researched.
Isaac: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5,953 in 2025. Its best rank was #28 in 2013.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #28 in 2013; #47 in 2025. About 99.8% of babies named Isaac in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#47 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2013, at #28.
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Isaac: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5,953 boys in 2025. Peak: #28 in 2013 · most boys in one year: 10,274 (2007).
In 2025, 5,953 US boys were named Isaac, making it the 47th most common boys’ name of the year, down 6 places from #41 in 2024. That is 576 fewer than the 6,529 boys named Isaac in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #28, reached in 2013. The most boys given the name in a single year was 10,274, in 2007. For comparison, it was #31 in 2015 and #282 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Isaac in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 274 babies with the name. In all, 332,292 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 94,677 babies named Isaac.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 75,407 US boys were named Isaac; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 9,782. In 2025 that was about 1 in 287 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Isaac ranked highest in Maryland in 2025, at #17 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 46 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Isaak (4,271 babies since 1880), Isac (3,203 babies since 1880), Izaak (2,889 babies since 1880) and Izaac (2,845 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Izac, Issak and Yitzhak are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ike and Zeke.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Izac (783), Issak (495), Yitzhak (249), Izzac (196), Isiac (195), Isaic (193), Isack (185), Issaac (173), Isaack (141), Izacc (109), Issiac (105), Issaic (78), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 138 | #17 | #39 |
| District of Columbia | 23 | #23 | #18 |
| Massachusetts | 164 | #26 | #53 |
| New York | 400 | #30 | #35 |
| Nebraska | 48 | #35 | #10 |
| California | 766 | #38 | #17 |
| Indiana | 137 | #41 | #29 |
| Michigan | 178 | #42 | #21 |
| Washington | 137 | #43 | #23 |
| Oregon | 68 | #44 | #18 |
| Georgia | 190 | #45 | #46 |
| Florida | 382 | #45 | #40 |
| Virginia | 153 | #46 | #45 |
| Texas | 668 | #46 | #25 |
| Minnesota | 101 | #47 | #13 |
| New Jersey | 181 | #47 | #53 |
| North Dakota | 20 | #47 | #25 |
| Nevada | 51 | #48 | #17 |
| Illinois | 196 | #49 | #25 |
| North Carolina | 198 | #49 | #47 |
| Delaware | 17 | #50 | #54 |
| Alabama | 79 | #50 | #56 |
| Hawaii | 16 | #51 | #18 |
| Utah | 81 | #51 | #18 |
| New Mexico | 30 | #52 | #24 |
| Oklahoma | 67 | #53 | #29 |
| Pennsylvania | 200 | #55 | #48 |
| Ohio | 184 | #56 | #48 |
| Rhode Island | 17 | #56 | #52 |
| Connecticut | 58 | #57 | #53 |
| Iowa | 55 | #58 | #29 |
| Colorado | 98 | #59 | #22 |
| Arizona | 115 | #60 | #12 |
| Wisconsin | 88 | #60 | #25 |
| Missouri | 93 | #64 | #41 |
| Tennessee | 124 | #65 | #38 |
| South Carolina | 71 | #69 | #55 |
| Arkansas | 43 | #70 | #52 |
| West Virginia | 25 | #72 | #45 |
| Montana | 16 | #73 | #32 |
| Kentucky | 64 | #77 | #49 |
| South Dakota | 15 | #80 | #15 |
| Louisiana | 57 | #81 | #66 |
| Idaho | 28 | #83 | #42 |
| Kansas | 40 | #86 | #27 |
| New Hampshire | 16 | #96 | #69 |
| Mississippi | 29 | #101 | #103 |
| Alaska | 8 | #102 | #32 |
| Maine | 11 | #123 | #40 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,719 | 5,953 | #47 |
| 2024 | 6 | #14,153 | 6,529 | #41 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,663 | 6,621 | #42 |
| 2022 | — | — | 6,752 | #41 |
| 2021 | — | — | 6,987 | #40 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,492 | 7,155 | #39 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,352 | 8,231 | #34 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,901 | 8,503 | #34 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,994 | 8,894 | #32 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,751 | 9,782 | #31 |
| 2015 | 12 | #9,169 | 9,988 | #31 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,661 | 9,999 | #31 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,720 | 10,134 | #28 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,975 | 10,065 | #30 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,607 | 9,607 | #35 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,038 | 9,371 | #39 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,609 | 9,569 | #40 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,279 | 10,030 | #37 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,199 | 10,274 | #41 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,427 | 9,685 | #48 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,891 | 9,127 | #49 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,588 | 9,181 | #46 |
| 2003 | 16 | #7,003 | 8,944 | #48 |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,076 | 8,312 | #48 |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,094 | 8,200 | #47 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,605 | 7,439 | #53 |
| 1999 | 17 | #6,019 | 6,407 | #64 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,267 | 5,859 | #65 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,587 | 5,146 | #73 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,087 | 4,566 | #86 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,714 | 3,881 | #98 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,451 | 3,496 | #103 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,776 | 3,214 | #110 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,817 | 2,773 | #124 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,602 | 2,500 | #130 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,102 | 2,429 | #132 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,040 | 2,210 | #137 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,424 | 1,964 | #143 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,539 | 1,828 | #151 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,319 | 1,736 | #155 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,626 | 1,673 | #165 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,394 | 1,692 | #160 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,751 | 1,796 | #151 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,692 | 1,841 | #151 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,999 | 1,836 | #150 |
| 1980 | 19 | #4,044 | 1,798 | #150 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,922 | 1,734 | #151 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,309 | 1,451 | #167 |
| 1977 | 13 | #5,031 | 1,264 | #184 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,346 | 1,093 | #202 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,274 | 1,014 | #213 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,060 | 941 | #224 |
| 1973 | — | — | 896 | #235 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,813 | 806 | #251 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,221 | 712 | #288 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,399 | 569 | #333 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,632 | 514 | #349 |
| 1968 | — | — | 427 | #375 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,304 | 395 | #377 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,464 | 430 | #364 |
| 1965 | — | — | 428 | #375 |
| 1964 | — | — | 496 | #352 |
| 1963 | — | — | 472 | #359 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,945 | 482 | #363 |
| 1961 | — | — | 494 | #357 |
| 1960 | — | — | 467 | #365 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,783 | 513 | #342 |
| 1958 | — | — | 540 | #332 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,461 | 521 | #334 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,548 | 552 | #317 |
| 1955 | — | — | 545 | #315 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,875 | 585 | #295 |
| 1953 | — | — | 548 | #301 |
| 1952 | — | — | 564 | #294 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,083 | 554 | #292 |
| 1950 | — | — | 557 | #282 |
| 1949 | — | — | 599 | #270 |
| 1948 | — | — | 533 | #298 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,644 | 599 | #280 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,314 | 514 | #285 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,850 | 460 | #281 |
| 1944 | — | — | 491 | #269 |
| 1943 | — | — | 481 | #279 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,925 | 450 | #283 |
| 1941 | — | — | 451 | #265 |
| 1940 | — | — | 486 | #246 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,533 | 465 | #248 |
| 1938 | — | — | 460 | #253 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,535 | 447 | #255 |
| 1936 | — | — | 423 | #261 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,502 | 476 | #241 |
| 1934 | — | — | 481 | #237 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,941 | 480 | #237 |
| 1932 | — | — | 492 | #240 |
| 1931 | — | — | 443 | #256 |
| 1930 | — | — | 548 | #231 |
| 1929 | — | — | 585 | #218 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,033 | 534 | #241 |
| 1927 | — | — | 693 | #203 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,545 | 586 | #229 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,667 | 678 | #206 |
| 1924 | — | — | 704 | #199 |
| 1923 | — | — | 698 | #197 |
| 1922 | — | — | 720 | #190 |
| 1921 | — | — | 648 | #208 |
| 1920 | — | — | 706 | #191 |
| 1919 | 7 | #4,025 | 737 | #178 |
| 1918 | — | — | 658 | #194 |
| 1917 | — | — | 622 | #192 |
| 1916 | — | — | 629 | #186 |
| 1915 | — | — | 568 | #196 |
| 1914 | — | — | 496 | #177 |
| 1913 | — | — | 398 | #172 |
| 1912 | — | — | 359 | #162 |
| 1911 | — | — | 233 | #143 |
| 1910 | — | — | 252 | #130 |
| 1909 | — | — | 209 | #128 |
| 1908 | — | — | 162 | #145 |
| 1907 | — | — | 178 | #134 |
| 1906 | — | — | 163 | #128 |
| 1905 | — | — | 147 | #145 |
| 1904 | — | — | 167 | #126 |
| 1903 | — | — | 138 | #138 |
| 1902 | — | — | 143 | #135 |
| 1901 | — | — | 133 | #125 |
| 1900 | — | — | 198 | #116 |
| 1899 | — | — | 139 | #119 |
| 1898 | — | — | 156 | #117 |
| 1897 | — | — | 175 | #101 |
| 1896 | — | — | 191 | #100 |
| 1895 | — | — | 172 | #107 |
| 1894 | — | — | 170 | #105 |
| 1893 | — | — | 182 | #97 |
| 1892 | — | — | 203 | #94 |
| 1891 | — | — | 160 | #101 |
| 1890 | — | — | 187 | #92 |
| 1889 | — | — | 188 | #91 |
| 1888 | — | — | 221 | #85 |
| 1887 | — | — | 194 | #84 |
| 1886 | — | — | 224 | #80 |
| 1885 | — | — | 204 | #79 |
| 1884 | — | — | 243 | #75 |
| 1883 | — | — | 227 | #70 |
| 1882 | — | — | 278 | #65 |
| 1881 | — | — | 258 | #64 |
| 1880 | — | — | 274 | #62 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).