Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Ishaaq isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ishaaq through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 163
- 163 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,506 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,506 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ishaaq’s family of names
In Hausa usage, Ishaaq has a conventional equivalent in the German form Isaak.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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