Itzhak — boys' name
45 babies named Itzhak in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Itzhak was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Itzhak in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Itzhak
The Social Security Administration has registered 45 babies named Itzhak between 1996 and 2021, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Itzhak currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Itzhak performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Itzhak shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Itzhak 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 45 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.
Itzhak at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Itzhak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1996
- Peak year (2011)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
45 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 7 births in a single year.
Itzhak by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 19 births that decade — 42% of Itzhak's all-time total
Itzhak decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Itzhak's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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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, 1996–2021 (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.