The first name Ishaq

In 2025, 53 boys were named Ishaq, making it the 679th most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2014, with 63 births (#566).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Ishaq with other names.

In 2025, 45 boys born in the United States were named Ishaq, the 2,814th most popular boys’ name that year.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Ishaq al-Mawsili
  Arab musician of Persian origin (767/772 – 850)
• Ishaq Dar
  Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, born 1950

• Muhammad
• Mohammed
• Mohammad
• Ibrahim
• Mohamed
• Yusuf
• Ahmed
• Omar
• Ahmad
• Abdullah
• Musa
• Amir
• Muhammed
• Yahya
• Hamza
• Mustafa

All 218 names of Arabic origin

What does the name Ishaq mean?

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

What is the origin of the name Ishaq?

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

How popular is the name Ishaq?

In 2025, 53 boys born in England and Wales were named Ishaq, ranking 679th. Its peak was 2014, with 63 births.

Is Ishaq a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 708 US babies named Ishaq since 1880 were boys.

When was Ishaq most popular?

2025 in the United States, when 45 babies were named Ishaq, its highest rank at 2,814th.