Yitzhak — #12720 US boys' name
242 babies named Yitzhak in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to boys today.
37% of everyone ever named Yitzhak was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Yitzhak in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yitzhak
The Social Security Administration has registered 242 babies named Yitzhak between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yitzhak currently holds the #12720 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yitzhak performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yitzhak shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yitzhak 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 242 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.
Yitzhak at a glance
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Current rank
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Yitzhak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2019)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #12720 among boys.
242 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 16 births in a single year.
Yitzhak by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 89 births that decade — 37% of Yitzhak's all-time total
Yitzhak decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Yitzhak's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
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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, 1979–2024 (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.