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Isaac Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Isaac?

Ranking 34th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Isaac is very popular.

Currently in the top 50, this name has been part of the top 500 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #28 was reached in 2013.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 2007 with 10,259 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Isaac was 133 in 1901.

Approximately during the years 1905-1916, 1968-1979, and 1985-2001 the name Isaac took a definitive turn upwards in popularity.

Currently, the name is at a very high point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Isaac be?

For a number of years, the name Isaac has been moving upward in popularity. however, the number of children named Isaac lately has dropped.

The name Isaac is favored by many parents but has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Isaac (Girl)Isaac (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 9 10,828 8,417 34
2017 12 8,967 8,851 32
2016 15 7,731 9,742 31
2015 12 9,150 9,964 31
2014 13 8,647 9,977 31
2013 7 13,695 10,119 28
2012 11 9,962 10,052 30
2011 8 12,599 9,599 35
2010 5 18,021 9,357 39
2009 12 9,596 9,553 40
2008 15 8,269 10,019 37
2007 13 9,190 10,259 41
2006 14 8,421 9,677 48
2005 21 5,886 9,122 49
2004 41 3,587 9,176 46
2003 16 7,000 8,937 48
2002 11 9,074 8,308 48
2001 15 7,091 8,197 47
2000 16 6,601 7,433 53
1999 17 6,015 6,403 64
1998 13 7,266 5,857 65
1997 10 8,587 5,146 73
1996 9 9,084 4,564 86
1995 11 7,711 3,878 98
1994 14 6,448 3,495 103
1993 13 6,773 3,214 110
1992 8 9,813 2,771 124
1991 11 7,602 2,500 130
1990 10 8,101 2,426 132
1989 8 9,038 2,209 138
1988 15 5,422 1,963 143
1987 18 4,539 1,826 152
1986 10 6,778 1,736 155
1985 10 6,620 1,670 165
1984 17 4,394 1,693 160
1983 14 4,971 1,794 151
1982 23 3,567 1,842 151
1981 9 6,996 1,837 150
1980 18 4,203 1,795 150
1979 14 4,920 1,735 151
1978 12 5,306 1,450 167
1977 13 5,027 1,265 185
1976 11 5,346 1,091 202
1975 11 5,274 1,014 213
1974 6 8,056 941 224
1973 < 5 -- 897 236
1972 7 6,810 805 252
1971 8 6,218 714 288
1970 6 7,395 569 334
1969 8 5,631 515 349
1968 < 5 -- 427 375
1967 6 6,302 395 378
1966 7 5,459 430 363
1965 < 5 -- 427 375
1964 < 5 -- 497 352
1963 < 5 -- 472 359
1962 5 6,940 483 363
1961 < 5 -- 492 358
1960 < 5 -- 469 361
1959 8 4,779 514 342
1958 < 5 -- 539 331
1957 5 6,462 522 334
1956 6 5,546 551 316
1955 < 5 -- 546 314
1954 7 4,872 583 296
1953 < 5 -- 550 301
1952 < 5 -- 563 296
1951 6 5,083 554 292
1950 < 5 -- 557 282
1949 < 5 -- 600 270
1948 < 5 -- 534 298
1947 5 5,646 598 280
1946 10 3,313 514 285
1945 5 4,851 460 281
1944 < 5 -- 491 269
1943 < 5 -- 481 279
1942 5 4,925 449 283
1941 < 5 -- 452 265
1940 < 5 -- 487 246
1939 5 4,535 462 249
1938 < 5 -- 461 253
1937 5 4,532 448 254
1936 < 5 -- 422 261
1935 5 4,501 476 241
1934 < 5 -- 481 237
1933 6 3,942 479 237
1932 < 5 -- 492 240
1931 < 5 -- 441 258
1930 < 5 -- 550 230
1929 < 5 -- 586 217
1928 5 5,029 534 241
1927 < 5 -- 693 203
1926 6 4,544 586 228
1925 6 4,667 678 206
1924 < 5 -- 704 199
1923 < 5 -- 698 197
1922 < 5 -- 720 190
1921 < 5 -- 648 208
1920 < 5 -- 706 191
1919 7 4,026 737 178
1918 < 5 -- 658 194
1917 < 5 -- 622 192
1916 < 5 -- 629 186
1915 < 5 -- 568 196
1914 < 5 -- 496 177
1913 < 5 -- 398 172
1912 < 5 -- 359 162
1911 < 5 -- 233 143
1910 < 5 -- 252 130
1909 < 5 -- 209 128
1908 < 5 -- 162 145
1907 < 5 -- 178 134
1906 < 5 -- 163 128
1905 < 5 -- 147 145
1904 < 5 -- 167 126
1903 < 5 -- 138 138
1902 < 5 -- 143 135
1901 < 5 -- 133 125
1900 < 5 -- 198 116
1899 < 5 -- 139 119
1898 < 5 -- 156 117
1897 < 5 -- 175 101
1896 < 5 -- 191 100
1895 < 5 -- 172 107
1894 < 5 -- 170 105
1893 < 5 -- 182 97
1892 < 5 -- 203 94
1891 < 5 -- 160 101
1890 < 5 -- 187 92
1889 < 5 -- 188 91
1888 < 5 -- 221 85
1887 < 5 -- 194 84
1886 < 5 -- 224 80
1885 < 5 -- 204 79
1884 < 5 -- 243 75
1883 < 5 -- 227 70
1882 < 5 -- 278 65
1881 < 5 -- 258 64
1880 < 5 -- 274 62

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.