Yitzchok — #957 US boys' name
5,181 babies named Yitzchok in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Yitzchok was born in this single decade.
236 babies were named Yitzchok in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yitzchok
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,181 babies named Yitzchok between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yitzchok currently holds the #957 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 236 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yitzchok performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,544 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Yitzchok shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 3,650 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Yitzchok in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yitzchok 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 5,181 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.
Yitzchok at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Yitzchok popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1952
- Peak year (2024)
- 236
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
Currently ranks #957 among boys.
5,181 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 236 births in a single year.
Yitzchok by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,544 births that decade — 30% of Yitzchok's all-time total
Yitzchok decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,544 births
- Runner-up 1,052 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Yitzchok's strongest decade
1,544 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Yitzchok by state
Where Yitzchok concentrates geographically — total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 3,650 | 70.4% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 1,134 | 21.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.1% |
3,650 of 5,181 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 70.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 21.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 70.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1952–2024 (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.