Yitzchak
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,480 for boys
Yitzchak is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,480th for boys in the US (54 babies).
What does Yitzchak mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Yitzchak a girl's or a boy's name?
Yitzchak is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yitzchak in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,480th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 54 about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were named Yitzchak, making it the 2,480th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 61 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Yitzchak in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yitzchak in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #2,480 |
| 2024 | 54 | #2,502 |
| 2023 | 54 | #2,479 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,324 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 46 | #2,735 |
| 2018 | 43 | #2,795 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Names like Yitzchak
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuri, Yakov, Mikko, Tru, Yug, Dakota, Yusuf, Kairo, Kota, Loki, Ryu, Minh
Names related to Yitzchak
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Yitzchak: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yitzchak, updated 20 October 2026.