Meaning not yet researched.
Issac: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 258 in 2025. Its best rank was #376 in 2008.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #376 in 2008; #915 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Issac in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#915 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2008, at #376.
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Issac: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 258 boys in 2025. Peak: #376 in 2008 · most boys in one year: 820 (2008).
In 2025, 258 US boys were named Issac, making it the 915th most common boys’ name of the year, down 68 places from #847 in 2024. That is 29 fewer than the 287 boys named Issac in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #376, reached in 2008. That year also had the most boys given the name: 820. For comparison, it was #562 in 2015 and #817 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Issac in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 16 babies with the name. In all, 24,571 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 6,790 babies named Issac.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,916 US boys were named Issac; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 487. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,620 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Issac ranked highest in Arkansas in 2025, at #370 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Isaac (332,292 babies since 1880), Isaak (4,271 babies since 1880), Isac (3,203 babies since 1880) and Izaac (2,845 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Izsak are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Izsak (73).
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.
No nicknames listed for Issac in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 33 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 9 | #370 | — |
| Texas | 47 | #642 | #470 |
| Arizona | 8 | #746 | #576 |
| Washington | 8 | #757 | #657 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | #761 | #725 |
| Georgia | 12 | #764 | #718 |
| California | 33 | #779 | #353 |
| New York | 18 | #782 | #462 |
| New Jersey | 8 | #796 | — |
| North Carolina | 11 | #799 | #605 |
| Alabama | 5 | #805 | #590 |
| Missouri | 6 | #821 | #539 |
| Florida | 18 | #822 | #684 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #831 | #531 |
| Illinois | 9 | #896 | #547 |
| Colorado | 5 | #896 | #428 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,088 | — |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,176 | #491 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 258 | #915 |
| 2024 | — | — | 287 | #847 |
| 2023 | — | — | 320 | #789 |
| 2022 | — | — | 393 | #686 |
| 2021 | — | — | 419 | #653 |
| 2020 | — | — | 429 | #627 |
| 2019 | — | — | 441 | #621 |
| 2018 | — | — | 487 | #567 |
| 2017 | — | — | 439 | #604 |
| 2016 | — | — | 443 | #609 |
| 2015 | — | — | 509 | #562 |
| 2014 | — | — | 503 | #547 |
| 2013 | — | — | 593 | #469 |
| 2012 | — | — | 622 | #443 |
| 2011 | — | — | 640 | #425 |
| 2010 | — | — | 628 | #437 |
| 2009 | — | — | 684 | #423 |
| 2008 | — | — | 820 | #376 |
| 2007 | — | — | 793 | #384 |
| 2006 | — | — | 723 | #408 |
| 2005 | — | — | 698 | #405 |
| 2004 | — | — | 666 | #397 |
| 2003 | — | — | 653 | #399 |
| 2002 | — | — | 615 | #412 |
| 2001 | — | — | 618 | #403 |
| 2000 | — | — | 520 | #457 |
| 1999 | — | — | 506 | #454 |
| 1998 | — | — | 463 | #475 |
| 1997 | — | — | 416 | #499 |
| 1996 | — | — | 384 | #521 |
| 1995 | — | — | 319 | #572 |
| 1994 | — | — | 309 | #588 |
| 1993 | — | — | 290 | #610 |
| 1992 | — | — | 254 | #649 |
| 1991 | — | — | 279 | #610 |
| 1990 | — | — | 275 | #607 |
| 1989 | — | — | 202 | #695 |
| 1988 | — | — | 172 | #716 |
| 1987 | — | — | 158 | #728 |
| 1986 | — | — | 174 | #686 |
| 1985 | — | — | 179 | #657 |
| 1984 | — | — | 158 | #694 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,459 | 207 | #592 |
| 1982 | — | — | 198 | #612 |
| 1981 | — | — | 197 | #609 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,964 | 207 | #606 |
| 1979 | — | — | 193 | #615 |
| 1978 | — | — | 151 | #682 |
| 1977 | — | — | 121 | #774 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,517 | 146 | #684 |
| 1975 | — | — | 127 | #736 |
| 1974 | — | — | 141 | #692 |
| 1973 | — | — | 125 | #721 |
| 1972 | — | — | 147 | #664 |
| 1971 | — | — | 100 | #808 |
| 1970 | — | — | 82 | #893 |
| 1969 | — | — | 64 | #962 |
| 1968 | — | — | 57 | #978 |
| 1967 | — | — | 49 | #1,052 |
| 1966 | — | — | 49 | #1,048 |
| 1965 | — | — | 67 | #907 |
| 1964 | — | — | 63 | #962 |
| 1963 | — | — | 67 | #917 |
| 1962 | — | — | 58 | #1,010 |
| 1961 | — | — | 74 | #892 |
| 1960 | — | — | 60 | #990 |
| 1959 | — | — | 65 | #958 |
| 1958 | — | — | 86 | #812 |
| 1957 | — | — | 68 | #922 |
| 1956 | — | — | 72 | #881 |
| 1955 | — | — | 78 | #834 |
| 1954 | — | — | 75 | #839 |
| 1953 | — | — | 89 | #754 |
| 1952 | — | — | 64 | #882 |
| 1951 | — | — | 64 | #875 |
| 1950 | — | — | 70 | #817 |
| 1949 | — | — | 67 | #840 |
| 1948 | — | — | 77 | #776 |
| 1947 | — | — | 66 | #857 |
| 1946 | — | — | 50 | #947 |
| 1945 | — | — | 60 | #802 |
| 1944 | — | — | 59 | #819 |
| 1943 | — | — | 54 | #909 |
| 1942 | — | — | 48 | #962 |
| 1941 | — | — | 52 | #880 |
| 1940 | — | — | 29 | #1,264 |
| 1939 | — | — | 51 | #864 |
| 1938 | — | — | 55 | #843 |
| 1937 | — | — | 51 | #859 |
| 1936 | — | — | 48 | #887 |
| 1935 | — | — | 50 | #899 |
| 1934 | — | — | 47 | #924 |
| 1933 | — | — | 50 | #879 |
| 1932 | — | — | 64 | #795 |
| 1931 | — | — | 40 | #1,070 |
| 1930 | — | — | 45 | #1,030 |
| 1929 | — | — | 61 | #843 |
| 1928 | — | — | 60 | #858 |
| 1927 | — | — | 59 | #886 |
| 1926 | — | — | 48 | #998 |
| 1925 | — | — | 38 | #1,156 |
| 1924 | — | — | 59 | #911 |
| 1923 | — | — | 50 | #988 |
| 1922 | — | — | 56 | #932 |
| 1921 | — | — | 58 | #927 |
| 1920 | — | — | 66 | #830 |
| 1919 | — | — | 59 | #862 |
| 1918 | — | — | 63 | #829 |
| 1917 | — | — | 29 | #1,282 |
| 1916 | — | — | 49 | #906 |
| 1915 | — | — | 42 | #973 |
| 1914 | — | — | 35 | #943 |
| 1913 | — | — | 16 | #1,350 |
| 1912 | — | — | 33 | #762 |
| 1911 | — | — | 25 | #618 |
| 1910 | — | — | 20 | #667 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,370 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,162 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,045 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #661 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #964 |
| 1904 | — | — | 19 | #501 |
| 1903 | — | — | 13 | #635 |
| 1902 | — | — | 16 | #545 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #899 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #815 |
| 1899 | — | — | 8 | #822 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #935 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1896 | — | — | 10 | #752 |
| 1895 | — | — | 11 | #654 |
| 1894 | — | — | 11 | #652 |
| 1893 | — | — | 14 | #521 |
| 1892 | — | — | 13 | #587 |
| 1891 | — | — | 8 | #734 |
| 1890 | — | — | 11 | #618 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #754 |
| 1888 | — | — | 14 | #539 |
| 1887 | — | — | 11 | #565 |
| 1886 | — | — | 14 | #500 |
| 1885 | — | — | 17 | #450 |
| 1884 | — | — | 16 | #478 |
| 1883 | — | — | 13 | #504 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #590 |
| 1881 | — | — | 17 | #424 |
| 1880 | — | — | 16 | #452 |
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).