Yitzhak comes from the Biblical / Hebrew / Jewish tradition, meaning He will laugh, rejoice..
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How popular is Yitzhak?
2019peak year
Yitzhak first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1979. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2019, 16 babies received the name (ranked #5797). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #9831), with roughly 9 babies named Yitzhak each year. Yitzhak has been declining in recent years. In total, around 242 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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