Yitzchok
Boy · YITS-khok · Hebrew
Yitzchok is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will laugh”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 910th for boys in the US (261 babies).
What does Yitzchok mean?
Hebrew: Ashkenazi form of Isaac
“he will laugh”
An Ashkenazi form of Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah, whose name recalls Sarah's laughter at the promise of a son.
- Say it
- YITS-khok
Is Yitzchok a girl's or a boy's name?
Yitzchok is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 261 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yitzchok in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Yitzchok, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 22 boys.
2025 had more boys named Yitzchok than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Yitzchok in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Yitzchok in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Yitzchok in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #910among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 261about 1 in 6,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 261 boys in the US were named Yitzchok, making it the 910th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,046th. It first appears in the records in 1952.
2025 had the most boys named Yitzchok of any year since it first appeared, in 1952.
Half of all the boys named Yitzchok in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yitzchok in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 261 | #910 |
| 2024 | 242 | #947 |
| 2023 | 208 | #1,047 |
| 2022 | 208 | #1,057 |
| 2021 | 195 | #1,085 |
| 2020 | 193 | #1,046 |
| 2019 | 187 | #1,076 |
| 2018 | 177 | #1,107 |
| 2017 | 184 | #1,073 |
| 2016 | 151 | #1,234 |
| 2015 | 151 | #1,216 |
| 2014 | 128 | #1,344 |
| 2013 | 167 | #1,106 |
| 2012 | 142 | #1,244 |
| 2011 | 130 | #1,309 |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,331 |
| 2009 | 116 | #1,443 |
| 2008 | 108 | #1,504 |
| 2007 | 104 | #1,516 |
| 2006 | 117 | #1,374 |
| 2005 | 109 | #1,371 |
| 2004 | 111 | #1,326 |
| 2003 | 99 | #1,363 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,241 |
| 2001 | 89 | #1,396 |
| 2000 | 90 | #1,387 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,418 |
| 1998 | 85 | #1,369 |
| 1997 | 74 | #1,453 |
| 1996 | 62 | #1,583 |
| 1995 | 71 | #1,400 |
| 1994 | 69 | #1,405 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,233 |
| 1992 | 54 | #1,616 |
| 1991 | 60 | #1,461 |
| 1990 | 56 | #1,511 |
| 1989 | 53 | #1,532 |
| 1988 | 56 | #1,391 |
| 1987 | 49 | #1,465 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,285 |
| 1985 | 49 | #1,388 |
| 1984 | 41 | #1,506 |
| 1983 | 38 | #1,561 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,595 |
| 1981 | 35 | #1,660 |
| 1980 | 38 | #1,569 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 36 | #1,546 |
| 1976 | 31 | #1,676 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,692 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
Nicknames for Yitzchok
- Itzik
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