Izzack
A masculine name of English origin meaning "laughter" or "resurrection".
Name Census estimates that about 5 living Americans carry the first name Izzack. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Izzack today is around 10 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Izzack births was 2016 (5 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Izzack. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Izzack. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
5
~ 1 in 68,550,868 Americans
Peak year
2016
5 babies that year
Average age
10
years old
2016 SSA rank
#12,987
Tracked since 2016
Popularity
Izzack: popularity over time
Babies born per year
Decades
Izzack by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Izzack during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
| Decade | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Origin
Meaning and history of Izzack
The name Izzack is a variant spelling of the Hebrew name Isaac, derived from the biblical figure Isaac, the son of Abraham and Sarah. The name Isaac comes from the Hebrew word "yitzchak," meaning "he laughs" or "he will laugh." This name is rooted in the Old Testament story of Abraham and Sarah being promised a son in their old age, and Sarah laughing at the idea.
The name Isaac first appeared in the Book of Genesis, one of the earliest texts in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, dating back to at least the 6th century BCE. Isaac was an important patriarch in the Abrahamic religions, and his story is central to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Isaac was Isaac the Patriarch, the son of Abraham and Sarah, who was born around the 18th century BCE according to the biblical timeline. Another notable Isaac from antiquity was Isaac of Nineveh, a 7th-century bishop and theologian in the Assyrian Church of the East.
In the Middle Ages, Isaac was a common name among Jewish communities across Europe and the Middle East. One famous bearer was Isaac the Blind (c. 1160–1235), a renowned Provençal Jewish philosopher and theologian from southern France.
During the Renaissance, Isaac Abravanel (1437–1508) was a prominent Jewish philosopher, Bible commentator, and statesman who served as a finance minister in Portugal and Spain. In the 17th century, Isaac Newton (1642–1727), the English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and natural philosopher, made groundbreaking contributions to the scientific revolution.
Other notable historical figures with the name Isaac include Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991), a Polish-American writer and Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, and Isaac Asimov (1920–1992), a prolific Russian-American author and professor of biochemistry known for his works of science fiction and popular science.
People
Izzack + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Izzack as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with I
Other first names starting with I with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Izzack: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Izzack?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 5 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Izzack going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 68,550,868 US residents.
Is Izzack a common name?
We classify Izzack as "Very Rare". It ranks above 18.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 5 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Izzack most popular?
The single biggest year for Izzack was 2016, when 5 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Izzack is about 10 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Izzack in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Izzack a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Izzack in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Izzack still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Izzack in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Izzack can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only covers names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files do not have a published Census demographic snapshot. In those cases, the page still shows the SSA trend, gender history, and state data.
How many people have the name Izzack?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.