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

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Peak · boys
2013 · 10,134 births
Debut · boys
274 births
In top 100 · boys
45 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
331,508
since 1880

Isaac over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #28, 2013boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710#475,953
2024#13,4776#416,529
2023#12,1977#426,621
2022#416,752
2021#406,987
2020#11,0908#397,155
2019#9,11211#348,231
2018#10,5459#348,503
2017#8,77612#328,894
2016#7,60215#319,782
2015#8,93112#319,988
2014#8,48513#319,999
2013#13,1507#2810,134
2012#9,71111#3010,065
2011#12,1538#359,607
2010#16,9925#399,371
2009#9,37912#409,569
2008#8,10915#3710,030
2007#9,00713#4110,274
2006#8,23714#489,685
2005#5,80021#499,127
2004#3,56641#469,181
2003#6,88516#488,944
2002#8,83711#488,312
2001#6,95615#478,200
2000#6,48716#537,439
1999#5,89617#646,407
1998#7,10413#655,859
1997#8,33410#735,146
1996#8,8129#864,566
1995#7,51411#983,881
1994#6,31914#1033,496
1993#6,62213#1103,214
1992#9,4918#1232,773
1991#7,43011#1302,500
1990#7,88010#1322,429
1989#8,7618#1372,210
1988#5,32115#1431,964
1987#4,47418#1511,828
1986#6,15611#1551,736
1985#6,45710#1651,673
1984#4,31817#1601,692
1983#4,68615#1511,796
1982#3,64722#1511,841
1981#6,8049#1501,836
1980#3,99219#1501,798
1979#4,84214#1511,734
1978#5,21412#1671,451
1977#4,94213#1841,264
1976#5,21511#2021,093
1975#5,16111#2131,014
1974#7,6806#223941
1973#235896
1972#6,5587#251806
1971#6,0068#288712
1970#7,0706#332569
1969#5,4568#349514
1968#375427
1967#6,0426#377395
1966#5,2737#362430
1965#375428
1964#352496
1963#359472
1962#6,5785#363482
1961#357494
1960#365467
1959#4,6258#342513
1958#332540
1957#6,0865#334521
1956#5,3256#317552
1955#314545
1954#4,6557#295585
1953#301548
1952#294564
1951#4,8336#292554
1950#282557
1949#270599
1948#298533
1947#5,2955#280599
1946#3,21710#285514
1945#4,5565#281460
1944#269491
1943#279481
1942#4,6225#283450
1941#265451
1940#246486
1939#4,2505#248465
1938#253460
1937#4,2555#255447
1936#261423
1935#4,2045#241476
1934#237481
1933#3,7536#237480
1932#240492
1931#256443
1930#230548
1929#218585
1928#4,7255#241534
1927#203693
1926#4,3066#228586
1925#4,4266#206678
1924#199704
1923#197698
1922#190720
1921#208648
1920#190706
1919#3,8177#178737
1918#194658
1917#192622
1916#186629
1915#195568
1914#177496
1913#172398
1912#162359
1911#143233
1910#130252
1909#128209
1908#145162
1907#133178
1906#128163
1905#144147
1904#126167
1903#135138
1902#135143
1901#124133
1900#116198
1899#119139
1898#117156
1897#101175
1896#100191
1895#107172
1894#105170
1893#97182
1892#94203
1891#101160
1890#92187
1889#91188
1888#85221
1887#83194
1886#78224
1885#79204
1884#75243
1883#70227
1882#65278
1881#64258
1880#62274
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
133 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2013 at #28 (10,134 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 45 yrs · run 1995–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 187
  • Highest: 1 in 187 boys born in 2013 were named Isaac (0.54%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287 boys born in 2025 (0.35%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 28.5% of all boys named Isaac (94,574) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #62 (1880) → #377 (1967) → #28 (2013)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,311#62 (1880)#75
1890s1,735#92 (1890)#103
1900s1,638#116 (1900)#131
1910s4,952#130 (1910)#173
1920s6,552#190 (1922)#208
1930s4,715#230 (1930)#246
1940s5,064#246 (1940)#276
1950s5,479#282 (1950)#310
1960s4,605#349 (1969)#363
1970s10,480#151 (1979)#225
1980s18,374#137 (1989)#151
1990s40,271#64 (1999)#98
2000s90,761#37 (2008)#46
2010s94,574#28 (2013)#33
2020s39,997#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 1995

girls
#7,514
11 births · 1 in 159,868 girls
boys
#98
3,881 births · 1 in 491 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #7,514Isaac11

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #98Isaac3,881
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 159,868 of them was named Isaac, which outranked 52.3% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isaac
  1. #7,041Zinnia12
  2. #7,041Zurisadai12
  3. #7,041Zykia12
  4. #7,514Isaac11
  5. #7,514Aaren11
  6. #7,514Aarin11
  7. #7,514Abreanna11
  8. #8,079Abbe10
  9. #8,079Adaisha10
  10. #8,079Adama10

Tied with 564 names at #7,514; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 6,718Iridian#7,604#886
  2. 2,689Daija#3,615#926
  3. 2,119Lyric#2,752#633
  4. 1,910Daja#2,877#967
  5. 1,602Shania#2,047#445
Fallers
  1. 1,205Nohely#896#2,101
  2. 1,048Zana#802#1,850
  3. 869Kadijah#512#1,381
  4. 609Clarisa#664#1,273
  5. 514Dayana#751#1,265

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 491 of them was named Isaac, which outranked 99.1% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isaac
  1. #95Chase3,918
  2. #96Adrian3,911
  3. #96Seth3,911
  4. #98Isaac3,881
  5. #99Noah3,824
  6. #99Shawn3,824
  7. #101Angel3,734
Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 1,703Tristin#2,307#604
  2. 1,494Raekwon#2,082#588
  3. 1,357Tristian#2,219#862
  4. 1,269Triston#1,795#526
  5. 1,186Rashaan#2,123#937
Fallers
  1. 469Shyheim#817#1,286
  2. 335Ryne#897#1,232
  3. 251Daulton#792#1,043
  4. 247Demetri#886#1,133
  5. 242Jerrell#917#1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1995