# Issac (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/issac/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,571 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 24,554 / 17 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,535, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Old variant 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 8,517 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,964 |
| 1983 | 6 | 9,459 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 640 | 425 |
| 2012 | 622 | 443 |
| 2013 | 593 | 469 |
| 2014 | 503 | 547 |
| 2015 | 509 | 562 |
| 2016 | 443 | 609 |
| 2017 | 439 | 604 |
| 2018 | 487 | 567 |
| 2019 | 441 | 621 |
| 2020 | 429 | 627 |
| 2021 | 419 | 653 |
| 2022 | 393 | 686 |
| 2023 | 320 | 789 |
| 2024 | 287 | 847 |
| 2025 | 258 | 915 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 743 |
| 2012 | 76 | 498 |
| 2013 | 65 | 555 |
| 2014 | 70 | 534 |
| 2015 | 76 | 506 |
| 2016 | 77 | 517 |
| 2017 | 100 | 429 |
| 2018 | 102 | 414 |
| 2019 | 114 | 382 |
| 2020 | 110 | 388 |
| 2021 | 96 | 433 |
| 2022 | 84 | 472 |
| 2023 | 79 | 500 |
| 2024 | 68 | 560 |
| 2025 | 61 | 615 |

## 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.