Recorded 1990–2022 Boys' name Peak 2008 489 births

Issak — boys' name

489 babies named Issak in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s562000s2422010s1562020s35
2000s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Issak was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

33 babies were named Issak in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Issak

The Social Security Administration has registered 489 babies named Issak between 1990 and 2022, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Issak currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Issak performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 242 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Issak shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 88 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Issak in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Issak 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 489 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.

Issak at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

489

Since 1990

33 years of records

Peak year

2008

33 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1990

Recorded for 33 years

Last year on file: 2022

Issak popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1990

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2008)
33
Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
010203040 202220182014201020062002199819921990 5

Issak by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
242 births that decade — 49% of Issak's all-time total
1990s562000s2422010s1562020s35

Issak by state

Where Issak concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Issak
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
88 18.0%
#2 Texas
20 4.1%
California share of Issak's total US births 18.0%
Even split

88 of 489 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Issak?
489 babies have been named Issak since 1990. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2008 with 33 births.
When was Issak most popular?
Issak was most popular in the 2000s decade with 242 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Issak most popular?
The top states for the name Issak are California (88 births), Texas (20 births).
How long has the name Issak been used?
Issak has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 33 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Issak?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Issac, Issa, Issiah, Issaiah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1990–2022 (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.