The first name Yitzhak
A boy’s name.
2 syllables Male
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Yitzhak at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 7 boys born in the United States were named Yitzhak, the 10,647th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2019, when 16 were.
249
babies named Yitzhak since 1880
#10,647
rank in 2025
2019
peak 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.
Famous people named Yitzhak
14 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Yitzhak Ben-Zvi2nd President of Israel (1952–1963) - (1884–1963)
- Yitzhak KlinghofferAustrian lawyer (1905-1990)
- Isaac Shamir7th Prime Minister of Israel (1915-2012)
- Isaac Navon5th President of Israel (1978–1983), Israeli Cabinet minister, Member of the Knesset, auth
- Abraham Isaac KookChief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine (1865-1935)
- Art SpiegelmanAmerican cartoonist and writer (born 1948)
- Isaac HaLevy Herzog1st Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1888–1959)
- Itzhak de LaatDutch short-track speed skater, born 1994
- Isaac the BlindFrench writer and rabbi (c. 1160–1235)
- Jerry FieldingAmerican jazz musician, arranger, band leader, and film composer (1922-1980)
- Itzhak FintziBulgarian actor, born 1933
- Yitzchok Zev SoloveitchikBelarusian rabbi (1886-1959)
Questions
- Is Yitzhak a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 249 US babies named Yitzhak since 1880 were boys.
- When was Yitzhak most popular?
- 2019 in the United States, when 16 babies were named Yitzhak, its highest rank at 5,803rd.