Yitzhak
Boy · YITS-hahk · Hebrew
Yitzhak is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will laugh”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Yitzhak mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Isaac
“he will laugh”
Hebrew form of Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah in Genesis; borne by Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
- Say it
- YITS-hahk
Is Yitzhak a girl's or a boy's name?
Yitzhak is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yitzhak in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Yitzhak, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Yitzhak in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yitzhak in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Nicknames for Yitzhak
- Itzik
Names like Yitzhak
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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