Issachar
Boy · ISS-uh-kar · Hebrew
Issachar is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “there is a reward”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Issachar mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“there is a reward”
Issachar, Jacob's ninth son, gave his name to one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Say it
- ISS-uh-kar
Is Issachar a girl's or a boy's name?
Issachar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Issachar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Issachar, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had more boys named Issachar than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Issachar in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Issachar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Issachar
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