NameTides

Issac

Issac was the #915 boys' name in the US in 2025 (258 babies), and #615 in England & Wales and #1,374 in Canada.

Issac as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Issac as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSIrelandCanada
Issac as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#915 (258)#615 (61)——#829 (3)#1,374 (17)
2024#846 (287)#560 (68)#619 (4)#404 (3)#785 (3)#1,583 (13)
2023#788 (320)#500 (79)#614 (4)—#770 (3)#1,043 (22)
2022#686 (393)#472 (84)#703 (3)#414 (3)—#1,142 (19)
2021#652 (419)#433 (96)#401 (8)——#997 (23)
2020#625 (429)#388 (110)#476 (6)#334 (4)#556 (5)#822 (29)
2019#620 (441)#382 (114)#516 (5)——#759 (32)
2018#567 (487)#414 (102)#704 (3)—#635 (4)#910 (25)
2017#603 (439)#429 (100)———#937 (24)
2016#608 (443)#517 (77)———#757 (33)
2015#562 (509)#506 (76)——#699 (3)#954 (23)
2014#547 (503)#534 (70)#680 (3)#398 (3)—#954 (23)
2013#468 (593)#555 (65)——#605 (4)#944 (23)
2012#443 (622)#498 (76)—#346 (4)#616 (4)#640 (38)
2011#425 (640)#743 (42)—#375 (3)#490 (6)#578 (44)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #376.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Issac is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,100 to 1 in 8,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Issac by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #770NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #776CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #775NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #756GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #638TXFlorida: #809FL
Issac (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,03310

Issac (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IssacCanadaBoys#1,37417
IssacEngland & WalesBoys#61561
IssacIrelandBoys#8293
IssacNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
IssacScotlandBoys—too few
IssacUSGirls—too few
IssacUSBoys#915258