Izaak
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EYE-zak
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,990 for boys
Izaak is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will laugh”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 2,990th for boys in the US (41 babies).
What does Izaak mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Isaac
“he will laugh”
Izaak Walton wrote The Compleat Angler, a classic 17th-century book on fishing.
Is Izaak a girl's or a boy's name?
Izaak is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 41 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Izaak in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Izaak, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 53 boys.
Half of all the boys named Izaak in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 1,579 boys in the UK were given Izaak or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #31, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Izaak in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,404 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,309 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,199 |
| 2012 | 32 | #1,003 |
| 2011 | 32 | #971 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,245 |
| 2009 | 49 | #703 |
| 2008 | 52 | #667 |
| 2007 | 53 | #629 |
| 2006 | 43 | #695 |
| 2005 | 45 | #648 |
| 2004 | 41 | #649 |
| 2003 | 47 | #556 |
| 2002 | 34 | #642 |
| 2001 | 41 | #542 |
| 2000 | 43 | #517 |
| 1999 | 41 | #540 |
| 1998 | 44 | #503 |
| 1997 | 28 | #652 |
| 1996 | 30 | #601 |
How popular is Izaak in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,990among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 42,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the US were named Izaak, making it the 2,990th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,139th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 138 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had fewer boys named Izaak than any year since 1995.
Half of all the boys named Izaak in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,428 boys in the US were given Izaak or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #47, up from #2,990 for this spelling alone.
Izaak in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #2,990 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,476 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 74 | #2,038 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,372 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,139 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,363 |
| 2018 | 53 | #2,444 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,110 |
| 2015 | 90 | #1,717 |
| 2014 | 107 | #1,506 |
| 2013 | 108 | #1,500 |
| 2012 | 124 | #1,359 |
| 2011 | 138 | #1,250 |
| 2010 | 116 | #1,425 |
| 2009 | 122 | #1,390 |
| 2008 | 119 | #1,414 |
| 2007 | 109 | #1,464 |
| 2006 | 111 | #1,413 |
| 2005 | 115 | #1,314 |
| 2004 | 118 | #1,269 |
| 2003 | 89 | #1,464 |
| 2002 | 96 | #1,369 |
| 2001 | 89 | #1,396 |
| 2000 | 80 | #1,500 |
| 1999 | 75 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 64 | #1,619 |
| 1997 | 56 | #1,727 |
| 1996 | 46 | #1,929 |
| 1995 | 38 | #2,135 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Nicknames for Izaak
- Zac 126 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Izaak
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Ibrahim Hamza Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Uzair Umar Mustafa Fahad Zayd Saif
Other spellings of Izaak
Isaac Issac Isaak Izaac Izak Isac Izack Isacc Izac Izek Issak
Names related to Izaak
More Hebrew names
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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, “Izaak: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/izaak, updated 20 October 2026.