Yitzhak
Yitzhak is a male first name, and is Hebrew for Isaac. Yitzhak may refer to:
Meaning & Origin of Yitzhak
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yitzhak is a male first name, and is Hebrew for Isaac. Yitzhak may refer to:
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The Story of Yitzhak
Yitzhak first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1979, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 16 Yitzhaks were born — ranking #5,553 that year. As of 2026, Yitzhak ranks #12,301 for baby boys with 5 births, falling sharply (-20%). In total, more than 242 Yitzhaks have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Yitzhak
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- Yitzhak , one of the patriarchs of the Israelites
- Yitzhak ha-Sangari , rabbi who converted the Khazars to Judaism
- Yitzhak Aharonovich (born 1950), Israeli politician
- Yitzhak Apeloig (born 1944), Israeli computational chemistry professor and President of the Technion
- Yitzhak Arad (1926–2021), Israeli historian
- Yitzhak Ben-Aharon (1906–2006), Israeli politician
- Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884–1963), Israeli politician and President
- Yitzhak Danziger (1916–1977), Israeli sculptor
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Names that sound like Yitzhak
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About the name Yitzhak
Yitzhak is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 242 births in the dataset. Yitzhak's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #5,553. Use the chart and map above to compare Yitzhak's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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