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Isaac
Pronounced /ˈaɪzək/
Rank in 2024
#40
Born in 2024
6,498
Peak year
2007 · #41
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 6,498 boys were named Isaac, about 1 in every 264.
- It peaked in 2007 with 10,274 babies, ranked #41.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 325,457 boys have been named Isaac since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Isaac per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.7Greatest1901–27
- 0.4Silent1928–45
- 0.3Boomers1946–64
- 0.5Gen X1965–80
- 1.3Millennials1981–96
- 4.4Gen Z1997–12
- 4.6Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 11,825 babies, 0.71 per 1,000. Silent: 8,652 babies, 0.42 per 1,000. Boomers: 10,136 babies, 0.27 per 1,000. Gen X: 14,473 babies, 0.53 per 1,000. Millennials: 39,434 babies, 1.30 per 1,000. Gen Z: 137,205 babies, 4.37 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 99,488 babies, 4.58 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Ysaac, from Latin Isaac, from Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs, he will laugh”). Explained in Genesis as referring to his mother Sarah’s laughing when she was told she would have a son at her old age. The verb is masculine, however, perhaps due to its use as a boy’s name.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈaɪzək/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Isaac, CC BY-SA 4.0.