Boys' name · since 1990
Issak
495 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.
- #7,932 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,583 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 495
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
495 babies have been named Issak since 1990, making it today's #12583 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Issak has been recorded 495 times among boys since 1990, currently ranked #12583 nationally and more common than 10% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #7,932 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,583 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 495 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Issak ranks #7,932 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,583 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 495 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,932 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,583 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 495
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Issak's 495 recorded births place it above 82.54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Issak compares
495 Top 44% higher than 56% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Issak's all-time total is 34% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Issak | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 495 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 34 | 22,252 |
Issak's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Issak splits its recorded history at 2008: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 33 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Issak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Issak by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (242 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Issak's strongest decade.
242 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Issak births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 56
1990s
56 births
- 2000s
2000s
242 births
- 2010s
2010s
157 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 242 births (49% of all-time use).
Issak by state
Where Issak concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 88 | 17.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 20 | 4.0% |
88 of 495 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Issak's data
- Issak's decade-level peak was the 2000s (242 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Issaks (88 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Issak: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Issak draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.