Boys' name · since 1952
Yitzchok
5,451 babies named Yitzchok in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,692 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #910 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,451
- born since 1952
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yitzchok is the #910 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 5,451 recorded since 1952.
Yitzchok has 5,451 recorded births among boys since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #910 as of the latest data, more common than 93% 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 1952 to 2025.
- #1,692 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #910 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 5,451 born since 1952
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yitzchok ranks #1,692 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #910 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 5,451 born since 1952, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,692 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #910 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,451
- born since 1952
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yitzchok's 5,451 recorded births place it above 96.27% 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 Yitzchok compares
5,451 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Yitzchok's all-time total is 15x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yitzchok | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,451 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 261 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yitzchok's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yitzchok splits its recorded history at 1990: 84% of all births land in the more recent half, 16% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1954 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 261 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yitzchok popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 261
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Yitzchok by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,545 births, 28% of the file).
2010s was Yitzchok's strongest decade.
1,545 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Yitzchok births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 51
1950s
51 births
- 1960s 106
1960s
106 births
- 1970s 239
1970s
239 births
- 1980s 454
1980s
454 births
- 1990s
1990s
697 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,052 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,545 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,307 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,545 births (28% of all-time use).
How Yitzchok 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 Yitzchok's total volume
Yitzchok by state
Where Yitzchok concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 3,827 | 70.2% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 1,213 | 22.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.1% |
3,827 of 5,451 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Yitzchok's data
- Yitzchok's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,545 total births) through the 2020s (1,307) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Yitzchoks (3,827 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yitzchok: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~73 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, 1952–2025 (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 Yitzchok 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.