Isaac
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #47 for boys in 2025, 5,953 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2013 · 10,134 births
- Debut · boys
- 274 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 45 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 331,508since 1880
Isaac over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | #47 | 5,953 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #41 | 6,529 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #42 | 6,621 |
| 2022 | — | #41 | 6,752 | |
| 2021 | — | #40 | 6,987 | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #39 | 7,155 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | #34 | 8,231 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #34 | 8,503 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #32 | 8,894 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | #31 | 9,782 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #31 | 9,988 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #31 | 9,999 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #28 | 10,134 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #30 | 10,065 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #35 | 9,607 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #39 | 9,371 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | #40 | 9,569 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | #37 | 10,030 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #41 | 10,274 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | #48 | 9,685 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | #49 | 9,127 |
| 2004 | #3,566 | 41 | #46 | 9,181 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | #48 | 8,944 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #48 | 8,312 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #47 | 8,200 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | #53 | 7,439 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | #64 | 6,407 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #65 | 5,859 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #73 | 5,146 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #86 | 4,566 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #98 | 3,881 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #103 | 3,496 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #110 | 3,214 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #123 | 2,773 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #130 | 2,500 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #132 | 2,429 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #137 | 2,210 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #143 | 1,964 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | #151 | 1,828 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #155 | 1,736 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #165 | 1,673 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #160 | 1,692 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | #151 | 1,796 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | #151 | 1,841 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #150 | 1,836 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | #150 | 1,798 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | #151 | 1,734 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | #167 | 1,451 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | #184 | 1,264 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #202 | 1,093 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #213 | 1,014 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #223 | 941 |
| 1973 | — | #235 | 896 | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #251 | 806 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #288 | 712 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #332 | 569 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #349 | 514 |
| 1968 | — | #375 | 427 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #377 | 395 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #362 | 430 |
| 1965 | — | #375 | 428 | |
| 1964 | — | #352 | 496 | |
| 1963 | — | #359 | 472 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #363 | 482 |
| 1961 | — | #357 | 494 | |
| 1960 | — | #365 | 467 | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #342 | 513 |
| 1958 | — | #332 | 540 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #334 | 521 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #317 | 552 |
| 1955 | — | #314 | 545 | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #295 | 585 |
| 1953 | — | #301 | 548 | |
| 1952 | — | #294 | 564 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #292 | 554 |
| 1950 | — | #282 | 557 | |
| 1949 | — | #270 | 599 | |
| 1948 | — | #298 | 533 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #280 | 599 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #285 | 514 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #281 | 460 |
| 1944 | — | #269 | 491 | |
| 1943 | — | #279 | 481 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #283 | 450 |
| 1941 | — | #265 | 451 | |
| 1940 | — | #246 | 486 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #248 | 465 |
| 1938 | — | #253 | 460 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #255 | 447 |
| 1936 | — | #261 | 423 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #241 | 476 |
| 1934 | — | #237 | 481 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #237 | 480 |
| 1932 | — | #240 | 492 | |
| 1931 | — | #256 | 443 | |
| 1930 | — | #230 | 548 | |
| 1929 | — | #218 | 585 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #241 | 534 |
| 1927 | — | #203 | 693 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #228 | 586 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #206 | 678 |
| 1924 | — | #199 | 704 | |
| 1923 | — | #197 | 698 | |
| 1922 | — | #190 | 720 | |
| 1921 | — | #208 | 648 | |
| 1920 | — | #190 | 706 | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #178 | 737 |
| 1918 | — | #194 | 658 | |
| 1917 | — | #192 | 622 | |
| 1916 | — | #186 | 629 | |
| 1915 | — | #195 | 568 | |
| 1914 | — | #177 | 496 | |
| 1913 | — | #172 | 398 | |
| 1912 | — | #162 | 359 | |
| 1911 | — | #143 | 233 | |
| 1910 | — | #130 | 252 | |
| 1909 | — | #128 | 209 | |
| 1908 | — | #145 | 162 | |
| 1907 | — | #133 | 178 | |
| 1906 | — | #128 | 163 | |
| 1905 | — | #144 | 147 | |
| 1904 | — | #126 | 167 | |
| 1903 | — | #135 | 138 | |
| 1902 | — | #135 | 143 | |
| 1901 | — | #124 | 133 | |
| 1900 | — | #116 | 198 | |
| 1899 | — | #119 | 139 | |
| 1898 | — | #117 | 156 | |
| 1897 | — | #101 | 175 | |
| 1896 | — | #100 | 191 | |
| 1895 | — | #107 | 172 | |
| 1894 | — | #105 | 170 | |
| 1893 | — | #97 | 182 | |
| 1892 | — | #94 | 203 | |
| 1891 | — | #101 | 160 | |
| 1890 | — | #92 | 187 | |
| 1889 | — | #91 | 188 | |
| 1888 | — | #85 | 221 | |
| 1887 | — | #83 | 194 | |
| 1886 | — | #78 | 224 | |
| 1885 | — | #79 | 204 | |
| 1884 | — | #75 | 243 | |
| 1883 | — | #70 | 227 | |
| 1882 | — | #65 | 278 | |
| 1881 | — | #64 | 258 | |
| 1880 | — | #62 | 274 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Isaac was already there! It came in at #62, and was given to 274 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1908, when fewer than 200 boys a year got the name.
See more about Isaac
- 6 spots since 2024 (#41 → #47)
- 8 spots since 2020 (#39 → #47)
- 16 spots since 2015 (#31 → #47)
- Biggest jump: 44 spots in 1971 (#332 → #288)
- Biggest drop: 38 spots in 1928 (#203 → #241)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2013 at #28 (10,134 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 45 yrs · run 1995–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 187 boys born in 2013 were named Isaac (0.54%)
- Latest: 1 in 287 boys born in 2025 (0.35%)
- 28.5% of all boys named Isaac (94,574) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #62 (1880) → #377 (1967) → #28 (2013)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,311 | #62 (1880) | #75 |
| 1890s | 1,735 | #92 (1890) | #103 |
| 1900s | 1,638 | #116 (1900) | #131 |
| 1910s | 4,952 | #130 (1910) | #173 |
| 1920s | 6,552 | #190 (1922) | #208 |
| 1930s | 4,715 | #230 (1930) | #246 |
| 1940s | 5,064 | #246 (1940) | #276 |
| 1950s | 5,479 | #282 (1950) | #310 |
| 1960s | 4,605 | #349 (1969) | #363 |
| 1970s | 10,480 | #151 (1979) | #225 |
| 1980s | 18,374 | #137 (1989) | #151 |
| 1990s | 40,271 | #64 (1999) | #98 |
| 2000s | 90,761 | #37 (2008) | #46 |
| 2010s | 94,574 | #28 (2013) | #33 |
| 2020s | 39,997 | #39 (2020) | #42 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Isaac in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 118,724 of them was named Isaac, which outranked 61.7% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,065Yashika16
- #5,065Zakiyyah16
- #5,065Zarah16
- #5,321Isaac15
- #5,321Abilene15
- #5,321Abrielle15
- #5,321Aeriel15
- #5,598Abra14
- #5,598Adelita14
- #5,598Ahlam14
Tied with 276 names at #5,321; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 975 of them was named Isaac, which outranked 98.3% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.