Yissachar — boys' name

What the Data Says About Yissachar

The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Yissachar between 2007 and 2017, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yissachar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yissachar performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yissachar shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yissachar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yissachar 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 35 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.