first name
ISSAC
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 21,365 people named Issac, 49.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 27.7% as White and 15.2% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Issac peaked in 2008, when 820 babies got the name.
At least 24,571 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Issac by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #854. The largest share of babies named Issac, 41%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Issac is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Issac has been most common in New Mexico (2.6×), Arizona (2.4×), and Nevada (2.4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.16×).
20,082 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Issac
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Issac, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Issac ranks #19,107 of 156,621, with 1,422 people. See Issac as a last name
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