Israel

#3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births · #315 for boys in 2025, 1,081 births
Given to boys 97.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#202
2006 · 1,927 births
Debut · boys
1880
17 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
71,237
since 1880

Israel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Israel has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #202, 2006boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,57742#3151,081
2024#3,82239#2781,226
2023#3,01455#2291,537
2022#2,95656#2331,509
2021#2,92957#2341,548
2020#2,74860#2371,532
2019#2,53869#2341,622
2018#2,50870#2391,596
2017#2,96455#2351,594
2016#3,13952#2321,679
2015#2,89060#2401,582
2014#2,92258#2421,541
2013#3,36747#2451,473
2012#4,38733#2531,450
2011#4,07236#2181,612
2010#3,88939#2201,626
2009#4,48233#2111,776
2008#3,37749#2101,832
2007#3,02358#2041,937
2006#4,35833#2021,927
2005#3,64640#2171,655
2004#4,28732#2151,635
2003#4,03433#2471,368
2002#4,07131#2511,297
2001#3,54937#2491,340
2000#3,45338#2441,384
1999#3,44336#2481,272
1998#2,84646#2431,279
1997#4,50823#2511,169
1996#4,30624#2641,064
1995#3,42232#281975
1994#3,30234#282960
1993#4,99819#300913
1992#3,34333#297902
1991#4,65021#304848
1990#5,83515#319791
1989—#315759
1988#6,66611#328655
1987#8,7787#333614
1986—#325616
1985—#329598
1984#6,29110#325590
1983#8,0477#323589
1982#7,4698#310637
1981#6,32310#324594
1980#4,51716#301663
1979#4,84214#295686
1978#6,9488#305591
1977#6,8928#306630
1976#9,2845#311565
1975#5,9849#330531
1974—#330529
1973#6,6667#352474
1972#7,2926#350486
1971#8,3245#372470
1970—#389424
1969—#418357
1968—#422333
1967#6,0426#461271
1966—#451291
1965—#481260
1964—#501246
1963—#533222
1962—#526229
1961—#520233
1960—#520232
1959—#530220
1958—#511228
1957—#581176
1956—#533197
1955—#535189
1954—#578163
1953—#517186
1952—#523178
1951#5,4145#519173
1950—#565143
1949—#555146
1948—#613123
1947—#651112
1946—#621107
1945—#66482
1944—#68782
1943—#67690
1942—#79565
1941—#66584
1940—#70274
1939—#69174
1938—#65284
1937—#72270
1936—#65380
1935—#66380
1934—#71673
1933—#69474
1932—#78066
1931—#71173
1930—#610101
1929—#69579
1928—#76372
1927—#629100
1926—#65194
1925—#617103
1924—#622105
1923—#575118
1922—#483162
1921—#521142
1920—#524135
1919—#524129
1918—#464162
1917—#479143
1916—#520120
1915—#470137
1914—#488100
1913—#396116
1912—#45675
1911—#46140
1910—#52429
1909—#49627
1908—#51324
1907—#55919
1906—#52319
1905—#52519
1904—#36830
1903—#59514
1902—#41524
1901—#53614
1900—#53420
1899—#58312
1898—#50517
1897—#65211
1896—#36727
1895—#52915
1894—#59412
1893—#50914
1892—#42220
1891—#41118
1890—#42418
1889—#40520
1888—#38723
1887—#43815
1886—#43117
1885—#38022
1884—#35225
1883—#41218
1882—#37722
1881—#34223
1880—#42517
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Israel was already there! It came in at #425, and was given to 17 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1897, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.

See more about Israel
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 37 spots since 2024 (#278 → #315)
  • 78 spots since 2020 (#237 → #315)
  • 75 spots since 2015 (#240 → #315)
  • Biggest jump: 227 spots in 1904 (#595 → #368)
  • Biggest drop: 285 spots in 1897 (#367 → #652)
Rise & fade · boys
126 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2006 at #202 (1,927 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,067
  • Highest: 1 in 1,067 boys born in 2006 were named Israel (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,580 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 22.7% of all boys named Israel (16,151) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s202#342 (1881)#395
1890s164#367 (1896)#500
1900s210#368 (1904)#506
1910s1,051#396 (1913)#478
1920s1,110#483 (1922)#608
1930s775#610 (1930)#689
1940s965#555 (1949)#663
1950s1,853#511 (1958)#539
1960s2,674#418 (1969)#483
1970s5,386#295 (1979)#334
1980s6,315#301 (1980)#321
1990s10,173#243 (1998)#279
2000s16,151#202 (2006)#225
2010s15,775#218 (2011)#236
2020s8,433#229 (2023)#254

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.

Israel in 1977

girls
#6,892
8 births · 1 in 191,643 girls
boys
#306
630 births · 1 in 2,608 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #6,892Israel8

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #306Israel630
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 191,643 of them was named Israel, which outranked 39.2% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Israel
  1. #6,340Yuri9
  2. #6,340Yvetta9
  3. #6,340Zora9
  4. #6,892Israel8
  5. #6,892Aarti8
  6. #6,892Abimbola8
  7. #6,892Adenike8
  8. #7,567Adel7
  9. #7,567Adonna7
  10. #7,567Adora7

Tied with 674 names at #6,892; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 2,608 of them was named Israel, which outranked 95.5% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Israel
  1. #303Donnie641
  2. #304Dana638
  3. #305Gerardo631
  4. #306Israel630
  5. #307Ben626
  6. #308Quentin623
  7. #309Neal622
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1977 →