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Isaak

Masculine · “he will laugh”

1976high 2009
#2676 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare48 boys in 2025

Isaak is the Greek and German of Isaac — he will laugh — and Genesis has three people laugh before he is born.

How old is the name Isaak?

Isaak first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Isaak alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 4,200 people named Isaak are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Isaak most popular?

Isaak peaked in 2001, reaching #799 nationally. Today it ranks #2676, 1,877 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Isaak

Abraham laughs when told he will have a son at a hundred; Sarah laughs and denies it; and when the child is born Sarah says God has made laughter for her, and everyone who hears will laugh with her. The name records all of it. Isaak appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

he will laugh

From the Hebrew Yitzchak, 'he laughs' or 'he will laugh', from tzachak. Genesis has Abraham laugh, Sarah laugh, and Sarah then say God has made laughter for her — the text plays on the name three times. Isaak is the Greek, German and Russian spelling.

How the name formed

  1. tzachak
  2. Yitzchak
  3. Isaak

Related forms: Isaak · Исаак · Isaac

Pronouncing Isaak

EYE-zik

Two syllables, stress on the first. German says EE-zah-ahk with three.

Nicknames for Isaak

Moderate

IkeThe English short form, and a name in its own right with a real record
IzzyAn affectionate stretch, and a short form with a real record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1976–202521810902184819762025

US babies named Isaak per year from 1976 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#7991970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1976
Most boys named
2009218 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#799reached in 2001
Change vs 2024
−17.2%48 in 2025, from 58
Isaak sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2009, with 218 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Isaak in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Isaak in German — same name
  • Исаак in Russian — transliteration
  • Isaac in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.

Isaaks among us

4,200

people named Isaak are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 35,585 born in 2025 was named Isaak

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Isaak

#2676
Isaak on the 2025 chart
#47
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Isaak went to 48 boys in 2025, but Isaac, Izaac and Izaak and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 11 spellings went to 6,198, which makes it the 47th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,629 places above the chart.

and 6 rarer spellings.

About 1 boy in 276 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 35,585 for Isaak itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Eliot test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Isaak's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Eliot climbed just as high around 1960, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Eliot's path sketches the road Isaak is walking now.

40%chance Isaak will feel dated by 2040
Isaak, aligned on its peakEliot· peak 1960not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+60 yrsEliot · #1321Isaak today
Isaak today is about where Eliot stood in 1984 — 24 years past a #799-sized peak. By 1999, Eliot had settled around #1325.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Isaak sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Isaak is headed

19762030

US babies named Isaak per year, 1976 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Isaak is easing off slowly — about 15% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.

Cooling-15% by 2030projected around #3,085 in 2030

High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Isaak beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Isaak in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Isaakthis name48#2676Zyion48#2676Hershel48#2676Mikhael48#2676Kylon48#2676

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That the text plays on the name three separate times is a first-rate piece of writing.
  • The he-will-laugh meaning is unusually warm and human.
  • Ike and Izzy are two short forms, both with real records.
What to consider
  • Isaac is the standard English spelling.
  • German and English say it quite differently.
  • The double a invites constant correction.

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Frequently asked

How many Isaaks are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,200 people named Isaak are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Isaak?
Isaak is one of 5 recorded spellings. Isaac is the more common one — 5,953 births in 2025 against 48 for Isaak.
How popular is the name Isaak in 2025?
Isaak ranks #2676 among US boy names in 2025, with 48 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Isaak?
About 1 in every 35,585 US boys born in 2025 was named Isaak — 48 in all.
Will my child share the name Isaak with classmates?
Isaak will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Isaak

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Zyion#2676 · Hershel#2676 · Mikhael#2676 · Kylon#2676 · Pryce#2676 · Davin#2676 · Juancarlos#2676 · Masyn#2676

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