Isak — #4115 US boys' name
1,068 babies named Isak in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 71% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Isak was born in this single decade.
57 babies were named Isak in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Isak
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,068 babies named Isak between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Isak currently holds the #4115 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 57 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Isak performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 433 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Isak shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 80 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Isak in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Isak in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,068 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Isak at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Isak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2004)
- 57
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #4115 among boys.
1,068 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 57 births in a single year.
Isak by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 433 births that decade — 41% of Isak's all-time total
Isak decade highlights
- Peak decade 433 births
- Runner-up 299 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Isak's strongest decade
433 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Isak by state
Where Isak concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 80 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 41 | 3.8% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 21 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Washington | | 16 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
80 of 1,068 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.5% of nationwide
- Texas 3.8% of nationwide
- Minnesota 2.0% of nationwide
- Washington 1.5% of nationwide
- Indiana 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.