Isaac

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #47 for boys in 2025, 5,953 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2013 · 10,134 births
Debut · boys
274 births
In top 100 · boys
45 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
331,508
since 1880

Isaac over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #28, 2013boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710#475,953
2024#13,4776#416,529
2023#12,1977#426,621
2022—#416,752
2021—#406,987
2020#11,0908#397,155
2019#9,11211#348,231
2018#10,5459#348,503
2017#8,77612#328,894
2016#7,60215#319,782
2015#8,93112#319,988
2014#8,48513#319,999
2013#13,1507#2810,134
2012#9,71111#3010,065
2011#12,1538#359,607
2010#16,9925#399,371
2009#9,37912#409,569
2008#8,10915#3710,030
2007#9,00713#4110,274
2006#8,23714#489,685
2005#5,80021#499,127
2004#3,56641#469,181
2003#6,88516#488,944
2002#8,83711#488,312
2001#6,95615#478,200
2000#6,48716#537,439
1999#5,89617#646,407
1998#7,10413#655,859
1997#8,33410#735,146
1996#8,8129#864,566
1995#7,51411#983,881
1994#6,31914#1033,496
1993#6,62213#1103,214
1992#9,4918#1232,773
1991#7,43011#1302,500
1990#7,88010#1322,429
1989#8,7618#1372,210
1988#5,32115#1431,964
1987#4,47418#1511,828
1986#6,15611#1551,736
1985#6,45710#1651,673
1984#4,31817#1601,692
1983#4,68615#1511,796
1982#3,64722#1511,841
1981#6,8049#1501,836
1980#3,99219#1501,798
1979#4,84214#1511,734
1978#5,21412#1671,451
1977#4,94213#1841,264
1976#5,21511#2021,093
1975#5,16111#2131,014
1974#7,6806#223941
1973—#235896
1972#6,5587#251806
1971#6,0068#288712
1970#7,0706#332569
1969#5,4568#349514
1968—#375427
1967#6,0426#377395
1966#5,2737#362430
1965—#375428
1964—#352496
1963—#359472
1962#6,5785#363482
1961—#357494
1960—#365467
1959#4,6258#342513
1958—#332540
1957#6,0865#334521
1956#5,3256#317552
1955—#314545
1954#4,6557#295585
1953—#301548
1952—#294564
1951#4,8336#292554
1950—#282557
1949—#270599
1948—#298533
1947#5,2955#280599
1946#3,21710#285514
1945#4,5565#281460
1944—#269491
1943—#279481
1942#4,6225#283450
1941—#265451
1940—#246486
1939#4,2505#248465
1938—#253460
1937#4,2555#255447
1936—#261423
1935#4,2045#241476
1934—#237481
1933#3,7536#237480
1932—#240492
1931—#256443
1930—#230548
1929—#218585
1928#4,7255#241534
1927—#203693
1926#4,3066#228586
1925#4,4266#206678
1924—#199704
1923—#197698
1922—#190720
1921—#208648
1920—#190706
1919#3,8177#178737
1918—#194658
1917—#192622
1916—#186629
1915—#195568
1914—#177496
1913—#172398
1912—#162359
1911—#143233
1910—#130252
1909—#128209
1908—#145162
1907—#133178
1906—#128163
1905—#144147
1904—#126167
1903—#135138
1902—#135143
1901—#124133
1900—#116198
1899—#119139
1898—#117156
1897—#101175
1896—#100191
1895—#107172
1894—#105170
1893—#97182
1892—#94203
1891—#101160
1890—#92187
1889—#91188
1888—#85221
1887—#83194
1886—#78224
1885—#79204
1884—#75243
1883—#70227
1882—#65278
1881—#64258
1880—#62274
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Isaac was already there! It came in at #62, and was given to 274 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1893–1908, when fewer than 200 boys a year got the name.

Where Isaac is popular in 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #35 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 124 boysAKMaine: #21 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 90 boysMEVermont: #46 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 135 boysVTNew Hampshire: #43 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 136 boysNHWashington: #30 for boys · 244 births · 1 in 139 boysWAIdaho: #27 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 121 boysIDMontana: #38 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 138 boysMTNorth Dakota: #9 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 75 boysNDMinnesota: #24 for boys · 259 births · 1 in 116 boysMNIllinois: #64 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 264 boysILWisconsin: #38 for boys · 192 births · 1 in 152 boysWIMichigan: #50 for boys · 283 births · 1 in 200 boysMINew York: #76 for boys · 325 births · 1 in 344 boysNYMassachusetts: #93 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 370 boysMARhode Island: #85 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 329 boysRIOregon: #19 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 112 boysORNevada: #41 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 167 boysNVWyoming: #32 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 111 boysWYSouth Dakota: #21 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 96 boysSDIowa: #29 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 128 boysIAIndiana: #36 for boys · 275 births · 1 in 140 boysINOhio: #54 for boys · 336 births · 1 in 200 boysOHPennsylvania: #63 for boys · 254 births · 1 in 253 boysPANew Jersey: #102 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 483 boysNJConnecticut: #108 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 495 boysCTCalifornia: #31 for boys · 1,623 births · 1 in 155 boysCAUtah: #6 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 84 boysUTColorado: #40 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 167 boysCONebraska: #37 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 149 boysNEMissouri: #49 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 184 boysMOKentucky: #50 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 183 boysKYWest Virginia: #31 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 123 boysWVVirginia: #70 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 321 boysVAMaryland: #95 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 405 boysMDDelaware: #80 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 259 boysDEArizona: #36 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 162 boysAZNew Mexico: #13 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 96 boysNMKansas: #31 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 138 boysKSArkansas: #47 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 185 boysARTennessee: #45 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 181 boysTNNorth Carolina: #53 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 232 boysNCSouth Carolina: #63 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 290 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #68 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 232 boysDCOklahoma: #36 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 159 boysOKLouisiana: #93 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 384 boysLAMississippi: #98 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 428 boysMSAlabama: #106 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 455 boysALGeorgia: #77 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 344 boysGAHawaii: #41 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 151 boysHITexas: #40 for boys · 929 births · 1 in 190 boysTXFlorida: #81 for boys · 287 births · 1 in 326 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#6 · 1 in 84
  2. North Dakota#9 · 1 in 75
  3. New Mexico#13 · 1 in 96
  4. Oregon#19 · 1 in 112
  5. Maine#21 · 1 in 90

Best ever in a state: #4 in Idaho, 2007.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#62581 in 84
North Dakota#9431 in 75
New Mexico#131101 in 96
Oregon#191761 in 112
Maine#21621 in 90
South Dakota#21421 in 96
Minnesota#242591 in 116
Idaho#27691 in 121
Iowa#291271 in 128
Washington#302441 in 139
California#311,6231 in 155
Kansas#311211 in 138
West Virginia#31741 in 123
Wyoming#32181 in 111
Alaska#35261 in 124
Arizona#362481 in 162
Indiana#362751 in 140
Oklahoma#361311 in 159
Nebraska#37711 in 149
Montana#38291 in 138
Wisconsin#381921 in 152
Colorado#401811 in 167
Texas#409291 in 190
Hawaii#41341 in 151
Nevada#41791 in 167
New Hampshire#43411 in 136
Tennessee#451971 in 181
Vermont#46171 in 135
Arkansas#47801 in 185
Missouri#491831 in 184
Kentucky#501261 in 183
Michigan#502831 in 200
North Carolina#532191 in 232
Ohio#543361 in 200
Pennsylvania#632541 in 253
South Carolina#63711 in 290
Illinois#643001 in 264
District of Columbia#68201 in 232
Virginia#701291 in 321
New York#763251 in 344
Georgia#771661 in 344
Delaware#80161 in 259
Florida#812871 in 326
Rhode Island#85161 in 329
Louisiana#93671 in 384
Massachusetts#93951 in 370
Maryland#95721 in 405
Mississippi#98351 in 428
New Jersey#1021001 in 483
Alabama#106521 in 455
Connecticut#108361 in 495

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Isaac
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#41 → #47)
  • 8 spots since 2020 (#39 → #47)
  • 16 spots since 2015 (#31 → #47)
  • Biggest jump: 44 spots in 1971 (#332 → #288)
  • Biggest drop: 38 spots in 1928 (#203 → #241)
Rise & fade · boys
133 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2013 at #28 (10,134 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 45 yrs · run 1995–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 187
  • Highest: 1 in 187 boys born in 2013 were named Isaac (0.54%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287 boys born in 2025 (0.35%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 28.5% of all boys named Isaac (94,574) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #62 (1880) → #377 (1967) → #28 (2013)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,311#62 (1880)#75
1890s1,735#92 (1890)#103
1900s1,638#116 (1900)#131
1910s4,952#130 (1910)#173
1920s6,552#190 (1922)#208
1930s4,715#230 (1930)#246
1940s5,064#246 (1940)#276
1950s5,479#282 (1950)#310
1960s4,605#349 (1969)#363
1970s10,480#151 (1979)#225
1980s18,374#137 (1989)#151
1990s40,271#64 (1999)#98
2000s90,761#37 (2008)#46
2010s94,574#28 (2013)#33
2020s39,997#39 (2020)#42

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Isaac in 2003

girls
#6,885
16 births · 1 in 114,197 girls
boys
#48
8,944 births · 1 in 221 boys

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #6,885Isaac16

Top boys' names in 2003

  1. #1Jacob29,658
  2. #2Michael27,129
  3. #3Joshua25,106
  4. #4Matthew24,011
  5. #5Andrew22,162
  6. #6Joseph21,394
  7. #7Ethan21,362
  8. #8Daniel21,072
  9. #9Christopher20,753
  10. #10Anthony20,149
  11. #48Isaac8,944
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 114,197 of them was named Isaac, which outranked 62.7% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isaac
  1. #6,576Zella17
  2. #6,576Ziana17
  3. #6,576Zuzanna17
  4. #6,885Isaac16
  5. #6,885Aaniya16
  6. #6,885Abygale16
  7. #6,885Adriann16
  8. #7,207Aalia15
  9. #7,207Aamna15
  10. #7,207Adalee15

Tied with 321 names at #6,885; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,689Laci#2,126 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,528Karyme#2,467 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,500Roselyn#2,467 → #967
  4. ↑ 1,326Kaydence#2,310 → #984
  5. ↑ 1,170Sherlyn#2,081 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Odalys#951 → #1,432
  2. ↓ 400Kari#975 → #1,375
  3. ↓ 334Litzy#501 → #835
  4. ↓ 289Alysha#960 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 252Roxana#861 → #1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 221 of them was named Isaac, which outranked 99.6% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isaac
  1. #45Jack9,318
  2. #46Luke9,304
  3. #47Angel9,161
  4. #48Isaac8,944
  5. #49Isaiah8,900
  6. #50Aaron8,874
  7. #51Gavin8,764
Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 790Maddox#1,372 → #582
  2. ↑ 762Jahir#1,571 → #809
  3. ↑ 519Yair#1,236 → #717
  4. ↑ 450Jamarion#1,094 → #644
  5. ↑ 413Aydan#1,154 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 819Lisandro#898 → #1,717
  2. ↓ 621Shemar#970 → #1,591
  3. ↓ 362Jaheem#891 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 337Keandre#998 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 334Savion#568 → #902

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2003 →