Ishaq
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- is-HAHK
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #703 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,797 for boys
Ishaq is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will laugh”. In 2025 it ranked 703rd for boys in the UK (56 babies) and 2,797th for boys in the US (45 babies).
What does Ishaq mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Isaac
“he will laugh”
Ishaq is the Quranic name of Isaac, son of Ibrahim (Abraham).
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ishaq a girl's or a boy's name?
Ishaq is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 boys in the UK and 45 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ishaq in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 703rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 56 about 1 in 5,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 56 boys in the UK were named Ishaq, making it the 703rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 719th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 64 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ishaq in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 104 boys in the UK were given Ishaq or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #433, up from #703 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 679th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Ishaq in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #703 |
| 2024 | 61 | #672 |
| 2023 | 56 | #696 |
| 2022 | 37 | #923 |
| 2021 | 48 | #781 |
| 2020 | 52 | #719 |
| 2019 | 51 | #728 |
| 2018 | 59 | #666 |
| 2017 | 53 | #727 |
| 2016 | 58 | #677 |
| 2015 | 57 | #673 |
| 2014 | 64 | #613 |
| 2013 | 54 | #685 |
| 2012 | 48 | #753 |
| 2011 | 59 | #649 |
| 2010 | 45 | #751 |
| 2009 | 45 | #736 |
| 2008 | 42 | #766 |
| 2007 | 38 | #796 |
| 2006 | 35 | #798 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,040 |
| 2003 | 27 | #828 |
| 2002 | 23 | #865 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,103 |
| 2000 | 19 | #917 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Ishaq in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,797th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 45 about 1 in 38,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 45 boys in the US were named Ishaq, making it the 2,797th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had the most boys named Ishaq of any year since it first appeared, in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Ishaq in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were given Ishaq or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,106, up from #2,797 for this spelling alone.
- Ishaq 45
- Ishaaq 9
Ishaq in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #2,797 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
Names like Ishaq
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Hamza, Zayaan, Zayd, Zayan, Abdullah, Ahmed, Ayyub, Umar, Mustafa
Other spellings of Ishaq
Names related to Ishaq
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ishaq: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ishaq, updated 20 October 2026.