Izar

#7,881 in 2025Boys' name

Star

Izar has been given to 41 babies in the U.S. since 2022. In 2025 it ranked #7,881 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Izar, 2025

1 in 332,000

Izar over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Izar: meaning, origin, and history

Star

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Izar means

Izar means “star”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 41 boys were recorded with the name Izar between 2022 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2024; its best national rank was #6,296 in 2024.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Izar?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 171,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #7,881; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Izar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Izar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Izars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Izar was born before 2024 — so the typical Izar is around 1 today.

Median birth year: 2024; About 1 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 41; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (41).

Is Izar rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −1,585; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 71.4%; Peak was 2024 (14)
Years since peak: 1; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,296; 2024

Spellings of Izar

Izar is not the most common spelling — Ian is, with 39.0% against Izar's <0.01%.

Ian39.0%257,664
Ivan22.7%150,137
Omar16.1%106,438
Ira8.4%55,410
Iker2.9%18,921
Isai1.1%7,340
Amar0.75%4,989
Bear0.51%3,356

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Izar around the world

Where Izar ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
2021–2021
#6,488
in 2021

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Izar by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #7,881
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #6,296; 2024
Peak year: 2024; 14 that year
First recorded: 2022
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 41
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Izar

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Izam Izai Izayus Izair Izach Izayis Izaha Izais Izaah Izaia Abuzar Izani Azar Izac Czar Izacc Izack Izaan Kyzar Izaias Izaeah Izaack Izah Tzar

Sibling names for Izar

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

Explore around Izar

Top names of 2024, Izar's peak year The 2020s in full Other names that peaked in 2024 Boys' names starting with I