Izak
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EYE-zak
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Izak is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will laugh”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Izak mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Izaak, itself a spelling of Isaac
“he will laugh”
Izaak Walton wrote The Compleat Angler, a classic 17th-century book on fishing.
Meaning borrowed from Izaak.
Is Izak a girl's or a boy's name?
Izak is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Izak in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Izak, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Izak in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,579 boys in the UK were given Izak or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #31, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Izak in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,142 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Izak in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Izak, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 105 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Izak in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,428 boys in the US were given Izak or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #47, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.
Izak in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 46 | #2,640 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,112 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,269 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,076 |
| 2010 | 81 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 103 | #1,572 |
| 2008 | 105 | #1,532 |
| 2007 | 91 | #1,669 |
| 2006 | 75 | #1,823 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,410 |
| 2004 | 76 | #1,684 |
| 2003 | 77 | #1,627 |
| 2002 | 80 | #1,540 |
| 2001 | 78 | #1,539 |
| 2000 | 76 | #1,560 |
| 1999 | 53 | #1,855 |
| 1998 | 56 | #1,788 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,495 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Nicknames for Izak
- Zac 126 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Izak
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim Musa Hamza Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Mustafa Umar Zayd Uzair Zayan Amir
Other spellings of Izak
Isaac Issac Isaak Izaac Izaak Isac Izack Isacc Izac Izek Issak
Names related to Izak
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
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, “Izak: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/izak, updated 20 October 2026.