Izek
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EYE-zek
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Izek 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 Izek mean?
Hebrew: probably a spelling of Isaac (compare Polish Izaak)
“he will laugh”
Is Izek a girl's or a boy's name?
Izek 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 Izek 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 Izek, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer boys named Izek than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Izek in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,428 boys in the US were given Izek 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.
Izek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
Nicknames for Izek
- Izzy 37 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Izek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zamir Ibrahim Zakai Abdiel Salem Izan Axel Yahir Alijah Zion Yusuf
Other spellings of Izek
Isaac Issac Isaak Izaac Izaak Izak Isac Isacc Izac Izack Issak
Names related to Izek
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
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, “Izek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/izek, updated 20 October 2026.