Ismael
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · #263 for boys in 2025, 1,307 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 1,535 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 44,216since 1903
Ismael over time
Rank among boys' names. Ismael has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #263 | 1,307 | |
| 2024 | — | #234 | 1,535 | |
| 2023 | — | #244 | 1,425 | |
| 2022 | — | #312 | 1,076 | |
| 2021 | — | #350 | 928 | |
| 2020 | — | #350 | 905 | |
| 2019 | — | #365 | 875 | |
| 2018 | — | #359 | 919 | |
| 2017 | — | #392 | 814 | |
| 2016 | — | #403 | 792 | |
| 2015 | — | #401 | 772 | |
| 2014 | — | #386 | 807 | |
| 2013 | — | #400 | 746 | |
| 2012 | — | #383 | 776 | |
| 2011 | — | #376 | 789 | |
| 2010 | — | #362 | 824 | |
| 2009 | — | #357 | 863 | |
| 2008 | — | #348 | 935 | |
| 2007 | — | #327 | 978 | |
| 2006 | — | #324 | 988 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #335 | 898 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #332 | 905 |
| 2003 | — | #332 | 871 | |
| 2002 | — | #338 | 809 | |
| 2001 | — | #325 | 866 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #341 | 803 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #338 | 785 |
| 1998 | — | #351 | 744 | |
| 1997 | — | #370 | 658 | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #335 | 772 |
| 1995 | — | #342 | 716 | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #371 | 642 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #372 | 637 |
| 1992 | — | #382 | 600 | |
| 1991 | — | #373 | 615 | |
| 1990 | — | #413 | 557 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #441 | 456 |
| 1988 | — | #414 | 475 | |
| 1987 | — | #420 | 434 | |
| 1986 | — | #405 | 445 | |
| 1985 | — | #420 | 415 | |
| 1984 | — | #425 | 380 | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #393 | 424 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #389 | 435 |
| 1981 | — | #405 | 406 | |
| 1980 | — | #420 | 386 | |
| 1979 | — | #391 | 419 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #433 | 338 |
| 1977 | — | #439 | 326 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #413 | 349 |
| 1975 | — | #461 | 306 | |
| 1974 | — | #410 | 365 | |
| 1973 | — | #467 | 279 | |
| 1972 | — | #470 | 280 | |
| 1971 | — | #477 | 289 | |
| 1970 | — | #467 | 301 | |
| 1969 | — | #489 | 247 | |
| 1968 | — | #475 | 255 | |
| 1967 | — | #506 | 220 | |
| 1966 | — | #496 | 233 | |
| 1965 | — | #540 | 200 | |
| 1964 | — | #531 | 218 | |
| 1963 | — | #542 | 213 | |
| 1962 | — | #517 | 233 | |
| 1961 | — | #588 | 181 | |
| 1960 | — | #545 | 208 | |
| 1959 | — | #554 | 195 | |
| 1958 | — | #559 | 191 | |
| 1957 | — | #552 | 196 | |
| 1956 | — | #525 | 202 | |
| 1955 | — | #581 | 160 | |
| 1954 | — | #582 | 161 | |
| 1953 | — | #550 | 165 | |
| 1952 | — | #578 | 145 | |
| 1951 | — | #590 | 138 | |
| 1950 | — | #595 | 131 | |
| 1949 | — | #601 | 129 | |
| 1948 | — | #629 | 116 | |
| 1947 | — | #677 | 104 | |
| 1946 | — | #660 | 96 | |
| 1945 | — | #676 | 79 | |
| 1944 | — | #698 | 79 | |
| 1943 | — | #943 | 50 | |
| 1942 | — | #795 | 65 | |
| 1941 | — | #828 | 59 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,019 | 40 | |
| 1939 | — | #818 | 55 | |
| 1938 | — | #814 | 58 | |
| 1937 | — | #880 | 49 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,010 | 39 | |
| 1935 | — | #872 | 52 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,024 | 40 | |
| 1933 | — | #740 | 68 | |
| 1932 | — | #841 | 57 | |
| 1931 | — | #688 | 76 | |
| 1930 | — | #730 | 75 | |
| 1929 | — | #869 | 58 | |
| 1928 | — | #950 | 51 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,080 | 43 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,064 | 43 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,091 | 41 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,414 | 28 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,177 | 37 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,434 | 27 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,412 | 28 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,592 | 23 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,695 | 20 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,643 | 20 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,608 | 15 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
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| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Ismael! It came in at #1,130, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ismael
- 29 spots since 2024 (#234 → #263)
- 87 spots since 2020 (#350 → #263)
- 138 spots since 2015 (#401 → #263)
- Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1944 (#943 → #698)
- Biggest drop: 284 spots in 1934 (#740 → #1,024)
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 2024 at #234 (1,535 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1941–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,122 boys born in 2024 were named Ismael (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,307 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
- 20.2% of all boys named Ismael (8,916) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,130 (1903) | #1,130 |
| 1910s | 114 | #1,365 (1913) | #1,975 |
| 1920s | 379 | #869 (1929) | #1,208 |
| 1930s | 569 | #688 (1931) | #842 |
| 1940s | 817 | #601 (1949) | #753 |
| 1950s | 1,684 | #525 (1956) | #567 |
| 1960s | 2,208 | #475 (1968) | #523 |
| 1970s | 3,252 | #391 (1979) | #443 |
| 1980s | 4,256 | #389 (1982) | #413 |
| 1990s | 6,726 | #335 (1996) | #365 |
| 2000s | 8,916 | #324 (2006) | #336 |
| 2010s | 8,114 | #359 (2018) | #383 |
| 2020s | 7,176 | #234 (2024) | #292 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ismael in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 250,430 of them was named Ismael, which outranked 33.5% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,581Zoraya8
- #9,581Zoua8
- #9,581Zykia8
- #10,567Ismael7
- #10,567Aaliyha7
- #10,567Aarianna7
- #10,567Aarionna7
- #11,807Aalayah6
- #11,807Aamna6
- #11,807Aarthi6
Tied with 1,239 names at #10,567; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 2,454 of them was named Ismael, which outranked 96.8% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).