Isak

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Isak: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Isak: Recorded since 1946, it reached #4 in 2021, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
91times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#4highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for
17names it appears alongside

What stands out in Isak's record

Held a top-100 place for 28 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 66 years. Longest shared records

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2419
2000	#3036
2001	#1949
2002	#2636
2003	#3467
2005	#2418
2006	#3385
2007	#1440
2008	#3687
2009	#2318
2010	#2941
2011	#2613
2012	#3039
2013	#2660
2014	#3362
2015	#3908
2016	#3478
2017	#2052
2018	#4749
2019	#2488
2020	#2404
2021	#3451
2022	#3449
2023	#1461
2024	#1517

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 66 of the 80 years from 1946 to 2025.

In 2024: #11 among boys in Norway, #1517 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1946–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #282 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1946–2025
Highest recorded position: #4 among boys in Norway, in 2021 (recorded 1946–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #6 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Isak appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 66 years beginning in 1946, and has registered 7,498 births with the name.

Isak across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Isak's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#282 (1946)	#4 (2021)	#6 (2025)	66 of 80	7,498 (1946–2025)	348 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#2419 (1998)	#1440 (2007)	#1517 (2024)	25 of 27	171 (1998–2024)	17 (2023)

Isak by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Isak in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	9	1 of 10	9
1950s	38	6 of 10	6
1960s	36	6 of 10	6
1970s	45	7 of 10	6
1980s	96	10 of 10	10
1990s	605	10 of 10	61
2000s	2,210	10 of 10	221
2010s	2,637	10 of 10	264
2020sbusiest	1,822	6 of 10	304

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 304 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 121, from 204 to 325.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Isak appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #4 in Norway in 2022.

Isak's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1440	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#6	320	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#11	290	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#6	327	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#4	348	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#4	315	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#12	222	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#10	268	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#15	243	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#11	288	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#18	248	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#20	240	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#15	274	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#14	295	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#17	284	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#20	253	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#25	244	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#21	292	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#18	325	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#34	204	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#27	241	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#34	212	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#37	203	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#28	227	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#38	193	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#45	168	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#52	145	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#58	131	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#72	105	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#101	72	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#93	80	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#116	61	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#151	43	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#196	32	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#198	32	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#205	31	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#286	18	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#356	13	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#423	10	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#362	12	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#349	13	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#503	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#502	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#305	16	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#619	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#550	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#464	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#529	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#483	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#504	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#486	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#491	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#530	6	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#503	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#412	8	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#381	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#508	4	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#355	8	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#472	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#477	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#460	4	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#322	8	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#337	6	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#388	4	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#317	7	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#281	9	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#282	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1946 and 2025, ranked in 66 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #4, first reached in 2021.

It held a top-100 place in 29 years, 28 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 348 births, registered in Norway in 2022.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 52 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Isatou · #1862, 26y
Isbah · #2407, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bente · #2, 62y
Mette · #11, 65y
Steffen · #24, 71y
Mikkel · #28, 70y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Anita · #4, 81y
Ann · #4, 81y
Elin · #4, 81y
Henry · #4, 81y

Comparisons involving Isak

Existing comparison pages where Isak and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Isak in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Isak vs Erik
Over 66 shared years in Norway · Boys, Isak rose about as far as Erik fell — from #282 and #25 in 1946 to #6 and #64 in 2025.
Isak · Erik · 66 shared years, 1946–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Morten vs Isak
Over 66 shared years in Norway · Boys, Isak rose about as far as Morten fell — from #92 and #282 in 1946 to #214 and #6 in 2025.
Morten · Isak · 66 shared years, 1946–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Isak vs Nils
Over 66 shared years in Norway · Boys, Isak rose about as far as Nils fell — from #282 and #26 in 1946 to #6 and #61 in 2025.
Isak · Nils · 66 shared years, 1946–2025 · Mirrored each other
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Isak and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Magnus vs Isak
In 2021, Isak moved ahead of Magnus in Norway · Boys — #8 and #12 the year before became #9 and #4.
Magnus · Isak · 66 shared years, 1946–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2021 Norway ranking
Tobias vs Isak
In 2021, Isak moved ahead of Tobias in Norway · Boys — #11 and #12 the year before became #10 and #4.
Tobias · Isak · 53 shared years, 1973–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2021 Norway ranking
Henrik vs Isak
In 2025, Isak moved ahead of Henrik in Norway · Boys — #10 and #11 the year before became #16 and #6.
Henrik · Isak · 66 shared years, 1946–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Isak measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Isak at its highest position.

Isak vs Kenneth
Over 61 shared years in Norway · Boys, Isak rose about as far as Kenneth fell — from #282 and #275 in 1946 to #4 and #475 in 2021.
Isak · Kenneth · 61 shared years, 1946–2021 · Mirrored each other
See the 2021 Norway ranking
Isak vs Kjetil
Over 60 shared years in Norway · Boys, Isak rose about as far as Kjetil fell — from #282 and #202 in 1946 to #4 and #420 in 2022.
Isak · Kjetil · 60 shared years, 1946–2022 · Mirrored each other
See the 2022 Norway ranking
Isak vs Oskar
Isak and Oskar changed places 19 times in Norway · Boys between 1946 and 2025, ending at #6 and #21.
Isak · Oskar · 66 shared years, 1946–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Isak was ranked #4 in Norway · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Isak and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Isak without appearing here.

Isak moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #4991.
Aria Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Isak

Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1440 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3687 and #1294.
Filip Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2419 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1096.
Cillian Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2419 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3039 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2660 and #2403.

Moved the opposite way to Isak

Anders Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Isak went from #282 to #6 while Anders went from #64 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Isak went from #282 to #6 while Arild went from #27 to #489.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Isak went from #282 to #6 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Isak went from #282 to #6 while Dag went from #43 to #426.

Moved the same way as Isak

Alfred Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Isak went from #282 to #6 and Alfred from #142 to #26.
Colin Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Isak went from #282 to #6 and Colin from #326 to #119.
Daniel Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Isak went from #282 to #6 and Daniel from #244 to #66.
David Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Isak went from #282 to #6 and David from #165 to #88.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #4 in Norway in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Isak

Isak at a glance

What stands out in Isak's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Isak across 2 official records

Isak by decade in Norway · Boys

Isak appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Isak

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Isak

Isak and the names beside it

Isak moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Isak

Moved the opposite way to Isak

Moved the same way as Isak

Isak at a glance

What stands out in Isak's record

Isak across 2 official records

Isak by decade in Norway · Boys

Isak appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Isak

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Isak

Isak and the names beside it

Isak moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Isak

Moved the opposite way to Isak

Moved the same way as Isak