Boys' name · since 1968
Yitzchak
1,458 babies named Yitzchak in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,032 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,494 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,458
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yitzchak currently ranks #2494 among boys' names in America, with 1,458 babies recorded since 1968.
Yitzchak has 1,458 recorded births among boys since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2494 as of the latest data, more common than 82% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #4,032 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,494 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,458 born since 1968
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yitzchak ranks #4,032 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,494 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,458 born since 1968, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,032 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,494 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,458
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yitzchak's 1,458 recorded births place it above 91.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Yitzchak compares
1,458 Top 26% higher than 74% 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
Yitzchak's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yitzchak | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,458 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 61 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yitzchak's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yitzchak's full recorded timeline at 1999, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 61 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yitzchak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 61
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Yitzchak by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (402 births, 28% of the file).
2010s was Yitzchak's strongest decade.
402 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Yitzchak births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s 49
1970s
49 births
- 1980s 144
1980s
144 births
- 1990s
1990s
208 births
- 2000s
2000s
325 births
- 2010s
2010s
402 births
- 2020s
2020s
317 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 402 births (28% of all-time use).
How Yitzchak compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Yitzchak's total volume
Yitzchak by state
Where Yitzchak concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 745 | 51.1% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 254 | 17.4% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 22 | 1.5% |
745 of 1,458 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Yitzchak's data
- Yitzchak's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (402 total births) through the 2020s (317) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Yitzchaks (745 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yitzchak: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Yitzchak 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.