Issac
Last seen for girls in 1983 at #9,015 · #915 for boys in 2025, 258 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2008 · 820 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 24,554since 1880
Issac over time
Rank among boys' names. Issac has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #915 | 258 | |
| 2024 | — | #846 | 287 | |
| 2023 | — | #788 | 320 | |
| 2022 | — | #686 | 393 | |
| 2021 | — | #652 | 419 | |
| 2020 | — | #625 | 429 | |
| 2019 | — | #620 | 441 | |
| 2018 | — | #567 | 487 | |
| 2017 | — | #603 | 439 | |
| 2016 | — | #608 | 443 | |
| 2015 | — | #562 | 509 | |
| 2014 | — | #547 | 503 | |
| 2013 | — | #468 | 593 | |
| 2012 | — | #443 | 622 | |
| 2011 | — | #425 | 640 | |
| 2010 | — | #437 | 628 | |
| 2009 | — | #423 | 684 | |
| 2008 | — | #376 | 820 | |
| 2007 | — | #383 | 793 | |
| 2006 | — | #408 | 723 | |
| 2005 | — | #405 | 698 | |
| 2004 | — | #396 | 666 | |
| 2003 | — | #399 | 653 | |
| 2002 | — | #412 | 615 | |
| 2001 | — | #403 | 618 | |
| 2000 | — | #457 | 520 | |
| 1999 | — | #454 | 506 | |
| 1998 | — | #475 | 463 | |
| 1997 | — | #499 | 416 | |
| 1996 | — | #521 | 384 | |
| 1995 | — | #572 | 319 | |
| 1994 | — | #587 | 309 | |
| 1993 | — | #609 | 290 | |
| 1992 | — | #647 | 254 | |
| 1991 | — | #609 | 279 | |
| 1990 | — | #606 | 275 | |
| 1989 | — | #695 | 202 | |
| 1988 | — | #713 | 172 | |
| 1987 | — | #726 | 158 | |
| 1986 | — | #684 | 174 | |
| 1985 | — | #656 | 179 | |
| 1984 | — | #692 | 158 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #592 | 207 |
| 1982 | — | #611 | 198 | |
| 1981 | — | #609 | 197 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #605 | 207 |
| 1979 | — | #614 | 193 | |
| 1978 | — | #681 | 151 | |
| 1977 | — | #773 | 121 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #683 | 146 |
| 1975 | — | #736 | 127 | |
| 1974 | — | #690 | 141 | |
| 1973 | — | #719 | 125 | |
| 1972 | — | #662 | 147 | |
| 1971 | — | #803 | 100 | |
| 1970 | — | #891 | 82 | |
| 1969 | — | #959 | 64 | |
| 1968 | — | #968 | 57 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,043 | 49 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,043 | 49 | |
| 1965 | — | #897 | 67 | |
| 1964 | — | #958 | 63 | |
| 1963 | — | #911 | 67 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,007 | 58 | |
| 1961 | — | #890 | 74 | |
| 1960 | — | #981 | 60 | |
| 1959 | — | #950 | 65 | |
| 1958 | — | #807 | 86 | |
| 1957 | — | #919 | 68 | |
| 1956 | — | #880 | 72 | |
| 1955 | — | #829 | 78 | |
| 1954 | — | #833 | 75 | |
| 1953 | — | #754 | 89 | |
| 1952 | — | #878 | 64 | |
| 1951 | — | #874 | 64 | |
| 1950 | — | #814 | 70 | |
| 1949 | — | #834 | 67 | |
| 1948 | — | #774 | 77 | |
| 1947 | — | #854 | 66 | |
| 1946 | — | #944 | 50 | |
| 1945 | — | #798 | 60 | |
| 1944 | — | #814 | 59 | |
| 1943 | — | #908 | 54 | |
| 1942 | — | #958 | 48 | |
| 1941 | — | #876 | 52 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,251 | 29 | |
| 1939 | — | #857 | 51 | |
| 1938 | — | #834 | 55 | |
| 1937 | — | #858 | 51 | |
| 1936 | — | #882 | 48 | |
| 1935 | — | #894 | 50 | |
| 1934 | — | #917 | 47 | |
| 1933 | — | #875 | 50 | |
| 1932 | — | #793 | 64 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,065 | 40 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,021 | 45 | |
| 1929 | — | #836 | 61 | |
| 1928 | — | #854 | 60 | |
| 1927 | — | #884 | 59 | |
| 1926 | — | #992 | 48 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,144 | 38 | |
| 1924 | — | #907 | 59 | |
| 1923 | — | #976 | 50 | |
| 1922 | — | #928 | 56 | |
| 1921 | — | #920 | 58 | |
| 1920 | — | #826 | 66 | |
| 1919 | — | #859 | 59 | |
| 1918 | — | #824 | 63 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,264 | 29 | |
| 1916 | — | #892 | 49 | |
| 1915 | — | #962 | 42 | |
| 1914 | — | #933 | 35 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | — | #755 | 33 | |
| 1911 | — | #605 | 25 | |
| 1910 | — | #654 | 20 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #492 | 19 | |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #536 | 16 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #572 | 13 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #603 | 11 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | #491 | 14 | |
| 1885 | — | #439 | 17 | |
| 1884 | — | #468 | 16 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #416 | 17 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Issac was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1899, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
Where Issac is popular in 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#373 · 1 in 3,590
- Washington#407 · 1 in 4,830
- Florida#453 · 1 in 4,719
- Georgia#470 · 1 in 5,088
- California#474 · 1 in 5,289
Best ever in a state: #152 in New Mexico, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #373 | 7 | 1 in 3,590 |
| Washington | #407 | 5 | 1 in 4,830 |
| Florida | #453 | 10 | 1 in 4,719 |
| Georgia | #470 | 7 | 1 in 5,088 |
| California | #474 | 30 | 1 in 5,289 |
| New York | #563 | 15 | 1 in 7,483 |
| Illinois | #581 | 10 | 1 in 7,841 |
| Texas | #615 | 14 | 1 in 7,683 |
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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 Issac
- 69 spots since 2024 (#846 → #915)
- 290 spots since 2020 (#625 → #915)
- 353 spots since 2015 (#562 → #915)
- Biggest jump: 623 spots in 1910 (#1,277 → #654)
- Biggest drop: 556 spots in 1913 (#755 → #1,311)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2008 at #376 (820 births)
- Births halved by 2022, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 135 yrs · run 1968–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,488 boys born in 2008 were named Issac (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,620 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 27.7% of all boys named Issac (6,790) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 137 | #416 (1881) | #512 |
| 1890s | 99 | #509 (1893) | #699 |
| 1900s | 109 | #492 (1904) | #824 |
| 1910s | 371 | #605 (1911) | #906 |
| 1920s | 555 | #826 (1920) | #927 |
| 1930s | 501 | #793 (1932) | #900 |
| 1940s | 562 | #774 (1948) | #901 |
| 1950s | 731 | #754 (1953) | #854 |
| 1960s | 608 | #890 (1961) | #966 |
| 1970s | 1,333 | #614 (1979) | #725 |
| 1980s | 1,852 | #592 (1983) | #658 |
| 1990s | 3,495 | #454 (1999) | #558 |
| 2000s | 6,790 | #376 (2008) | #406 |
| 2010s | 5,305 | #425 (2011) | #528 |
| 2020s | 2,106 | #625 (2020) | #752 |
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.
Issac in 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 244,183 of them was named Issac, which outranked 25.3% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 10,747 of them was named Issac, which outranked 89.5% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).