Izak — #4477 US boys' name
1,818 babies named Izak in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 69% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Izak was born in this single decade.
105 babies were named Izak in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Izak
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,818 babies named Izak between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Izak currently holds the #4477 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 105 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Izak performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 865 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Izak shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 214 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Izak in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Izak 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 1,818 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.
Izak at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Izak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (2008)
- 105
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #4477 among boys.
1,818 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 105 births in a single year.
Izak by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 865 births that decade — 48% of Izak's all-time total
Izak decade highlights
- Peak decade 865 births
- Runner-up 511 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Izak's strongest decade
865 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Izak by state
Where Izak concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 214 | 11.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 175 | 9.6% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 29 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 28 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 23 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 23 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 21 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 15 | 0.8% |
214 of 1,818 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.8% of nationwide
- Texas 9.6% of nationwide
- Indiana 1.6% of nationwide
- Arizona 1.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Izak appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1984–2024 (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.