Issac
Last seen for girls in 1983 at #9,015 · #915 for boys in 2025, 258 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2008 · 820 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 24,554since 1880
Issac over time
Rank among boys' names. Issac has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | — | #915 | 258 | |
| 2024 | — | #846 | 287 | |
| 2023 | — | #788 | 320 | |
| 2022 | — | #686 | 393 | |
| 2021 | — | #652 | 419 | |
| 2020 | — | #625 | 429 | |
| 2019 | — | #620 | 441 | |
| 2018 | — | #567 | 487 | |
| 2017 | — | #603 | 439 | |
| 2016 | — | #608 | 443 | |
| 2015 | — | #562 | 509 | |
| 2014 | — | #547 | 503 | |
| 2013 | — | #468 | 593 | |
| 2012 | — | #443 | 622 | |
| 2011 | — | #425 | 640 | |
| 2010 | — | #437 | 628 | |
| 2009 | — | #423 | 684 | |
| 2008 | — | #376 | 820 | |
| 2007 | — | #383 | 793 | |
| 2006 | — | #408 | 723 | |
| 2005 | — | #405 | 698 | |
| 2004 | — | #396 | 666 | |
| 2003 | — | #399 | 653 | |
| 2002 | — | #412 | 615 | |
| 2001 | — | #403 | 618 | |
| 2000 | — | #457 | 520 | |
| 1999 | — | #454 | 506 | |
| 1998 | — | #475 | 463 | |
| 1997 | — | #499 | 416 | |
| 1996 | — | #521 | 384 | |
| 1995 | — | #572 | 319 | |
| 1994 | — | #587 | 309 | |
| 1993 | — | #609 | 290 | |
| 1992 | — | #647 | 254 | |
| 1991 | — | #609 | 279 | |
| 1990 | — | #606 | 275 | |
| 1989 | — | #695 | 202 | |
| 1988 | — | #713 | 172 | |
| 1987 | — | #726 | 158 | |
| 1986 | — | #684 | 174 | |
| 1985 | — | #656 | 179 | |
| 1984 | — | #692 | 158 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #592 | 207 |
| 1982 | — | #611 | 198 | |
| 1981 | — | #609 | 197 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #605 | 207 |
| 1979 | — | #614 | 193 | |
| 1978 | — | #681 | 151 | |
| 1977 | — | #773 | 121 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #683 | 146 |
| 1975 | — | #736 | 127 | |
| 1974 | — | #690 | 141 | |
| 1973 | — | #719 | 125 | |
| 1972 | — | #662 | 147 | |
| 1971 | — | #803 | 100 | |
| 1970 | — | #891 | 82 | |
| 1969 | — | #959 | 64 | |
| 1968 | — | #968 | 57 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,043 | 49 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,043 | 49 | |
| 1965 | — | #897 | 67 | |
| 1964 | — | #958 | 63 | |
| 1963 | — | #911 | 67 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,007 | 58 | |
| 1961 | — | #890 | 74 | |
| 1960 | — | #981 | 60 | |
| 1959 | — | #950 | 65 | |
| 1958 | — | #807 | 86 | |
| 1957 | — | #919 | 68 | |
| 1956 | — | #880 | 72 | |
| 1955 | — | #829 | 78 | |
| 1954 | — | #833 | 75 | |
| 1953 | — | #754 | 89 | |
| 1952 | — | #878 | 64 | |
| 1951 | — | #874 | 64 | |
| 1950 | — | #814 | 70 | |
| 1949 | — | #834 | 67 | |
| 1948 | — | #774 | 77 | |
| 1947 | — | #854 | 66 | |
| 1946 | — | #944 | 50 | |
| 1945 | — | #798 | 60 | |
| 1944 | — | #814 | 59 | |
| 1943 | — | #908 | 54 | |
| 1942 | — | #958 | 48 | |
| 1941 | — | #876 | 52 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,251 | 29 | |
| 1939 | — | #857 | 51 | |
| 1938 | — | #834 | 55 | |
| 1937 | — | #858 | 51 | |
| 1936 | — | #882 | 48 | |
| 1935 | — | #894 | 50 | |
| 1934 | — | #917 | 47 | |
| 1933 | — | #875 | 50 | |
| 1932 | — | #793 | 64 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,065 | 40 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,021 | 45 | |
| 1929 | — | #836 | 61 | |
| 1928 | — | #854 | 60 | |
| 1927 | — | #884 | 59 | |
| 1926 | — | #992 | 48 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,144 | 38 | |
| 1924 | — | #907 | 59 | |
| 1923 | — | #976 | 50 | |
| 1922 | — | #928 | 56 | |
| 1921 | — | #920 | 58 | |
| 1920 | — | #826 | 66 | |
| 1919 | — | #859 | 59 | |
| 1918 | — | #824 | 63 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,264 | 29 | |
| 1916 | — | #892 | 49 | |
| 1915 | — | #962 | 42 | |
| 1914 | — | #933 | 35 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | — | #755 | 33 | |
| 1911 | — | #605 | 25 | |
| 1910 | — | #654 | 20 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #492 | 19 | |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #536 | 16 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #572 | 13 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #603 | 11 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | #491 | 14 | |
| 1885 | — | #439 | 17 | |
| 1884 | — | #468 | 16 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #416 | 17 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Issac was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1899, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
See more about Issac
- 69 spots since 2024 (#846 → #915)
- 290 spots since 2020 (#625 → #915)
- 353 spots since 2015 (#562 → #915)
- Biggest jump: 623 spots in 1910 (#1,277 → #654)
- Biggest drop: 556 spots in 1913 (#755 → #1,311)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2008 at #376 (820 births)
- Births halved by 2022, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 135 yrs · run 1968–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,488 boys born in 2008 were named Issac (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,620 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 27.7% of all boys named Issac (6,790) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 137 | #416 (1881) | #512 |
| 1890s | 99 | #509 (1893) | #699 |
| 1900s | 109 | #492 (1904) | #824 |
| 1910s | 371 | #605 (1911) | #906 |
| 1920s | 555 | #826 (1920) | #927 |
| 1930s | 501 | #793 (1932) | #900 |
| 1940s | 562 | #774 (1948) | #901 |
| 1950s | 731 | #754 (1953) | #854 |
| 1960s | 608 | #890 (1961) | #966 |
| 1970s | 1,333 | #614 (1979) | #725 |
| 1980s | 1,852 | #592 (1983) | #658 |
| 1990s | 3,495 | #454 (1999) | #558 |
| 2000s | 6,790 | #376 (2008) | #406 |
| 2010s | 5,305 | #425 (2011) | #528 |
| 2020s | 2,106 | #625 (2020) | #752 |
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.
Issac in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 332,061 of them was named Issac, which outranked 14.5% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,769 names at #10,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 8,618 of them was named Issac, which outranked 91.7% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).