# Ishaq (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ishaq/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 708 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 708 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,164, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq). Doublet of Isaac.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 4,152 |
| 2012 | 24 | 4,184 |
| 2013 | 26 | 3,899 |
| 2014 | 36 | 3,115 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,047 |
| 2016 | 33 | 3,389 |
| 2017 | 33 | 3,412 |
| 2018 | 31 | 3,567 |
| 2019 | 36 | 3,220 |
| 2020 | 27 | 3,861 |
| 2021 | 34 | 3,385 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,433 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3,026 |
| 2024 | 41 | 3,014 |
| 2025 | 45 | 2,814 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 56 | 615 |
| 2012 | 48 | 695 |
| 2013 | 54 | 632 |
| 2014 | 63 | 566 |
| 2015 | 56 | 629 |
| 2016 | 57 | 621 |
| 2017 | 53 | 661 |
| 2018 | 57 | 629 |
| 2019 | 50 | 678 |
| 2020 | 52 | 656 |
| 2021 | 46 | 738 |
| 2022 | 36 | 862 |
| 2023 | 56 | 638 |
| 2024 | 61 | 622 |
| 2025 | 53 | 679 |

## People named Ishaq

- Ishaq al-Mawsili, Arab musician of Persian origin (767/772 – 850)
- Ishaq Dar, Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.