Isaac
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning he will laugh.
How Isaac has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #31 |
| 2016 | #31 |
| 2017 | #32 |
| 2018 | #34 |
| 2019 | #34 |
| 2020 | #39 |
| 2021 | #40 |
| 2022 | #42 |
| 2023 | #42 |
| 2024 | #40 |
| 2025 | #47 |
Isaac by the numbers
In 2025, 1,331 babies in England and Wales were named Isaac. In the US, 8,807 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 10,258 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Names that come from Isaac
Forms of Isaac in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Yitzchokhe laughs; a form of Isaac172 in the US (2017)
- Iveyarcher; diminutive form of Ivy or Isaac118 in the US (2017)
- Izaakhe laughs; a variant spelling of Isaac11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ikehe will laugh; diminutive of Isaac51 in the US (2017)
- Ishaaqhe will laugh; Arabic form of Isaac39 in England and Wales (2025)
- Izakhe laughs; a form of Isaac9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yitzchakhe will laugh; Hebrew form of Isaac29 in the US (2017)
- Izikhe will laugh; a form of Isaac21 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Isaac. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Issache laughs; variant spelling of Isaac432 in the US (2017)
- Isaakhe will laugh; a form of Isaac107 in the US (2017)
- Izaache laughs; modern spelling of isaac80 in the US (2017)
- Isache will laugh; a variant spelling of Isaac39 in the US (2017)
- Isacche laughs; an alternate spelling of Isaac16 in the US (2017)
- Isaamprotection, safeguard14 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Isaac
Names that are said the same way as Isaac, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Isakhe laughs; Scandinavian form of Isaac21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Isaaqhe laughs; form of isaac14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Issakhe will laugh; variant of Isaac11 in the US (2017)
- Isaicgod is my salvation; form of isaiah9 in the US (2017)
- Isaackhe laughs; variant spelling of Isaac6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Isaac
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