Izaak

Peak · boys
2011 · 138 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,889
since 1972

Izaak over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Izaak has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #1,250, 2011boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,99141
2024#2,47655
2023#2,95242
2022#2,03974
2021#2,37357
2020#2,13965
2019#2,36457
2018#2,44553
2017#2,34555
2016#2,11066
2015#1,71790
2014#1,506107
2013#1,500108
2012#1,359124
2011#1,250138
2010#1,425116
2009#1,390122
2008#1,414119
2007#1,464109
2006#1,413111
2005#1,315115
2004#1,271118
2003#1,46689
2002#1,37296
2001#1,40089
2000#1,50480
1999#1,50375
1998#1,62264
1997#1,73056
1996#1,93346
1995#2,14038
1994#2,12338
1993#2,57728
1992#2,74725
1991#3,32518
1990#4,40712
1989#5,1659
1988#5,7517
1987#4,9688
1986#5,3327
1985#5,7856
1984#4,5528
1983#4,9077
1982#3,69211
1981#4,1539
1980#3,09814
1979#2,77716
1978#2,66916
1977#3,8369
1976#2,60116
1975#2,28819
1974#2,12920
1973#4,5056
1972#4,9865
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five boys were named Izaak! It came in at #4,986, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1973, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Izaak is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #498 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,641 boysCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Izaak, so not publishedHITexas: #2,285 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,175 boysTXFlorida: #1,478 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 13,648 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Connecticut#498 · 1 in 2,641
  2. Florida#1,478 · 1 in 13,648
  3. Texas#2,285 · 1 in 29,175

Best ever in a state: #290 in Idaho, 2006.

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Connecticut#49851 in 2,641
Florida#1,47871 in 13,648
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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.

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See more about Izaak
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 852 spots since 2020 (#2,139 → #2,991)
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 2011 at #1,250 (138 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,763
  • Highest: 1 in 13,763 boys born in 2011 were named Izaak (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 41,660 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 36.3% of all boys named Izaak (1,048) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s107#2,129 (1974)#3,224
1980s86#3,098 (1980)#4,740
1990s400#1,503 (1999)#2,411
2000s1,048#1,271 (2004)#1,401
2010s914#1,250 (2011)#1,802
2020s334#2,039 (2022)#2,495

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.

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