Issac — #853 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Issac

The Social Security Administration has registered 24,287 babies named Issac between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Issac currently holds the #853 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 820 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Issac performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 6,789 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Issac shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,485 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Issac in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Issac 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 24,287 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.