Yitzhak

#10,643 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Isaac

Yitzhak has been given to 249 babies in the U.S. since 1979. In 2025 it ranked #10,643 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Yitzhak, 2025

1 in 474,000

Yitzhak 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Yitzhak: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Isaac

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Yitzhak means

Yitzhak is a form of Isaac.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Yitzhak → Isaac. The family’s proposed meaning is “he laughs, he will laugh”, recorded in English with the source elements Yiṣḥāq.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Isaac.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 249 boys were recorded with the name Yitzhak between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2019; its best national rank was #5,595 in 1989.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,966 in 2020 to #10,643 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,046 in 2015 to #10,643 in 2025.

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.

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How common is Yitzhak?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,643; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Yitzhak 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Yitzhak. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Yitzhaks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Yitzhak was born before 2010 — so the typical Yitzhak is around 15 today.

Median birth year: 2010; About 15 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 35.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 72.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 249; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 35.7% of all recorded uses (89).

Is Yitzhak 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: +3,556; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,323; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −3,597; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.58×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 43.8%; Peak was 2019 (16)
Years since peak: 6; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,595; 1989

Spellings of Yitzhak

Yitzhak is not the most common spelling — Yitzchok is, with 76.2% against Yitzhak's 3.5%.

Yitzchok76.2%5,451
Yitzchak20.4%1,458
Yitzhak3.5%249

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.

Yitzhak by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,643
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,323
Best rank ever: #5,595; 1989
Peak year: 2019; 16 that year
First recorded: 1979
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 249
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Yitzhak

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

Yitzchak Sarthak Yitzy Yitzchok Itzhak Ishak Yitbarek Yitzchock Vishak Arshak

Sibling names for Yitzhak

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 Karleigh Sydnie Rhianna Alysa Adelle Keren

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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