Issak
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EYE-zak
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Issak is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will laugh”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Issak mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Isaak; German, Scandinavian and Russian spelling of Isaac
“he will laugh”
Meaning borrowed from Isaak.
Is Issak a girl's or a boy's name?
Issak is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Issak in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Issak, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Issak in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,428 boys in the US were given Issak or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #47, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Issak in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Nicknames for Issak
- Zac 126 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Issak
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zamir Ibrahim Hamza Zahir Yahir Muhammad Zayd Amir Nazir Jamir Nasir
Other spellings of Issak
Isaac Issac Isaak Izaac Izaak Izak Isac Isacc Izac Izack Izek
Names related to Issak
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Issak: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/issak, updated 20 October 2026.