Fun Facts About the Name Yitzchok
- More than 5 thousand babies named Yitzchok: U.S. records list 5,442 babies given the name Yitzchok from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Yitzchok Mean?
Yitzchok is a Yiddish form of the Hebrew name Yitzhak (יִצְחָק), which means "he will laugh" or "he laughs." The Hebrew name comes from the root צחק (ts-ḥ-q), "to laugh." In the biblical narrative, the name is linked to the laughter of Abraham and Sarah when they learn they will have a son in old age; Sarah later says that God has made laughter for her (Genesis 21:6). That association is why the name is often glossed as "laughter," but the Hebrew verb form itself carries the sense "he will laugh" or "he laughs."
Yitzchok Name History & Origins
Yitzchok is the Yiddish-language form of the biblical Hebrew name Yitzhak. In the Hebrew Bible, Yitzhak is the son of Abraham and Sarah and the second patriarch of Israel. The name passed into Greek as Ἰσαάκ (Isaak) and Latin as Isaac, the source of the English name Isaac. Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazi Jews preserved the Hebrew name in the pronunciation Yitskhok, conventionally spelled Yitzchok in English. In Yiddish it is written with the Hebrew letters יצחק, the same consonants as the Hebrew name, but read according to Yiddish pronunciation, with stress on the first syllable and a kh sound for the letter ח (het). Yitzchok is one of several transliterations of this name; Yitzhak, Yitzchak, and Yitskhok also appear. The name is masculine and is used as a Jewish given name, especially in the Ashkenazi tradition.
How Popular is the Name Yitzchok?
Yitzchok recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #911 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #911 | 261 | 0.0153% |
| 2024 | #958 | 236 | 0.0138% |
| 2023 | #1,058 | 206 | 0.0121% |
| 2022 | #1,063 | 208 | 0.0119% |
| 2021 | #1,088 | 195 | 0.0112% |
| 2020 | #1,050 | 193 | 0.0112% |
| 2019 | #1,079 | 186 | 0.0104% |
| 2018 | #1,110 | 177 | 0.0097% |
| 2017 | #1,075 | 184 | 0.0099% |
| 2016 | #1,241 | 151 | 0.0080% |
| 2015 | #1,221 | 151 | 0.0079% |
| 2014 | #1,347 | 128 | 0.0067% |
| 2013 | #1,106 | 167 | 0.0088% |
| 2012 | #1,248 | 142 | 0.0075% |
| 2011 | #1,318 | 130 | 0.0068% |
| 2010 | #1,338 | 128 | 0.0067% |
| 2009 | #1,451 | 116 | 0.0058% |
| 2008 | #1,515 | 108 | 0.0053% |
| 2007 | #1,525 | 104 | 0.0050% |
| 2006 | #1,378 | 117 | 0.0057% |
| 2005 | #1,379 | 109 | 0.0055% |
| 2004 | #1,334 | 111 | 0.0056% |
| 2003 | #1,371 | 99 | 0.0050% |
| 2002 | #1,256 | 109 | 0.0056% |
| 2001 | #1,413 | 89 | 0.0046% |
| 2000 | #1,400 | 90 | 0.0046% |
| 1999 | #1,435 | 82 | 0.0043% |
| 1998 | #1,382 | 85 | 0.0044% |
| 1997 | #1,466 | 74 | 0.0039% |
| 1996 | #1,598 | 62 | 0.0033% |
| 1995 | #1,416 | 71 | 0.0037% |
| 1994 | #1,420 | 69 | 0.0036% |
| 1993 | #1,246 | 84 | 0.0043% |
| 1992 | #1,640 | 54 | 0.0027% |
| 1991 | #1,481 | 60 | 0.0030% |
| 1990 | #1,529 | 56 | 0.0027% |
| 1989 | #1,549 | 53 | 0.0026% |
| 1988 | #1,403 | 56 | 0.0029% |
| 1987 | #1,483 | 49 | 0.0026% |
| 1986 | #1,298 | 57 | 0.0031% |
| 1985 | #1,415 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 1984 | #1,530 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1983 | #1,594 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1982 | #1,621 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1981 | #1,691 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1980 | #1,592 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1979 | #1,752 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1978 | #1,759 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 1977 | #1,571 | 36 | 0.0022% |
| 1976 | #1,710 | 31 | 0.0020% |
| 1975 | #2,132 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 1974 | #1,746 | 28 | 0.0018% |
| 1973 | #1,980 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 1972 | #2,241 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1971 | #4,901 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #2,889 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1969 | #2,548 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1968 | #2,903 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1967 | #2,136 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1966 | #2,779 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1964 | #2,850 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1963 | #2,538 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1962 | #2,668 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #3,350 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1960 | #2,038 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1959 | #1,914 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1957 | #3,550 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #3,532 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #3,499 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #4,357 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1952 | #3,728 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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