# Issachar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/issachar/  
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 | “issachar” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɪ.səˌkɑɹ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 162 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 162 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew יִשָּׂשכָר (“Issachar”), a son of Jacob.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 12,049 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,006 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,037 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,785 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,298 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,815 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,799 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,132 |
| 2019 | 20 | 4,869 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,824 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,869 |
| 2022 | 10 | 7,988 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,938 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,980 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,601 |

## In other languages

- Hebrew: יִשָּׂשכָר
- Hindi: इसकार

## 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.