Isreal

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331 · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#640
1880 · 9 births
Debut · boys
1880
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,664
since 1880

Isreal over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Isreal has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #640, 1880boys
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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—#3,84828
2024—#3,98627
2023—#2,44155
2022—#3,10039
2021—#2,49953
2020—#2,61748
2019—#2,31059
2018—#2,70845
2017—#2,24059
2016#14,3316#2,20761
2015—#2,23460
2014—#2,27758
2013—#2,25057
2012—#2,10464
2011—#1,86675
2010—#1,98669
2009#17,2945#1,66594
2008—#1,436116
2007—#1,405116
2006—#1,345121
2005—#1,390107
2004—#1,70175
2003#12,4087#1,61178
2002#15,4325#2,04653
2001#15,3525#1,54378
2000#9,16310#1,35394
1999#9,4799#1,51774
1998—#1,39283
1997—#1,43875
1996#11,8076#1,55264
1995—#1,45667
1994—#1,43467
1993—#1,79247
1992#13,3175#1,47262
1991—#1,52857
1990—#1,84042
1989—#1,73344
1988—#1,67142
1987—#1,33755
1986—#1,28657
1985—#1,38949
1984—#1,50741
1983—#1,63136
1982—#1,59638
1981—#1,30950
1980—#1,44943
1979—#1,39045
1978—#1,35246
1977—#1,43141
1976—#1,05662
1975—#1,14654
1974—#1,35140
1973—#1,06858
1972—#1,24944
1971—#1,10954
1970—#1,61528
1969—#1,57027
1968—#1,25836
1967—#1,71121
1966—#1,48427
1965—#1,66922
1964—#1,70022
1963—#1,83919
1962—#2,11715
1961—#1,82320
1960—#1,58126
1959—#1,58825
1958—#1,67722
1957—#1,51127
1956—#1,48028
1955—#1,50326
1954—#1,40829
1953—#1,95816
1952—#2,25112
1951—#1,90416
1950—#1,70119
1949—#1,58322
1948—#1,94315
1947—#1,48225
1946—#1,47523
1945—#1,40622
1944—#1,63018
1943—#1,69918
1942—#1,35826
1941—#1,82115
1940—#2,32210
1939—#1,16831
1938—#1,74116
1937—#1,57619
1936—#1,96413
1935—#1,92914
1934—#1,78316
1933—#1,36124
1932—#1,77717
1931—#2,10113
1930—#1,64420
1929—#1,73119
1928—#1,76019
1927—#1,56124
1926—#1,91117
1925—#1,80619
1924—#2,04316
1923—#1,64422
1922—#1,47026
1921—#1,70321
1920—#1,32330
1919—#1,69520
1918—#1,76719
1917—#1,26429
1916—#1,94915
1915—#1,55320
1914—#1,49217
1913—#1,25617
1912—#1,41712
1911—#1,2908
1910—#1,1938
1909—#1,4405
1908—#87710
1907—#1,0947
1906—#1,2535
1905——
1904—#1,2055
1903——
1902—#1,0136
1901——
1900—#1,0507
1899—#9286
1898—#1,1215
1897——
1896——
1895—#7389
1894——
1893——
1892—#9566
1891——
1890——
1889——
1888——
1887——
1886——
1885——
1884—#7647
1883—#7996
1882—#7547
1881——
1880—#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Isreal was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Isreal
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 138 spots since 2024 (#3,986 → #3,848)
  • 1,231 spots since 2020 (#2,617 → #3,848)
  • 1,614 spots since 2015 (#2,234 → #3,848)
  • Biggest jump: 217 spots in 1908 (#1,094 → #877)
  • Biggest drop: 563 spots in 1909 (#877 → #1,440)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #640 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1882–1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,277
  • Highest: 1 in 12,277 boys born in 1880 were named Isreal (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 20.0% of all boys named Isreal (932) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s29#640 (1880)#739
1890s26#738 (1895)#936
1900s45#877 (1908)#1,133
1910s165#1,193 (1910)#1,488
1920s213#1,323 (1920)#1,695
1930s183#1,168 (1939)#1,704
1940s194#1,358 (1942)#1,672
1950s220#1,408 (1954)#1,698
1960s235#1,258 (1968)#1,675
1970s472#1,056 (1976)#1,277
1980s455#1,286 (1986)#1,491
1990s638#1,392 (1998)#1,542
2000s932#1,345 (2006)#1,550
2010s607#1,866 (2011)#2,218
2020s250#2,441 (2023)#3,082

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.

Isreal in 1998

boys
#1,392
83 births · 1 in 23,029 boys

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #1,392Isreal83
More about 1998

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 23,029 of them was named Isreal, which outranked 87.7% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isreal
  1. #1,383Jerimiah84
  2. #1,383Leobardo84
  3. #1,383Mathias84
  4. #1,392Isreal83
  5. #1,392Daren83
  6. #1,392Dereck83
  7. #1,392Jarell83
  8. #1,398Brandin82
  9. #1,398Edison82
  10. #1,398Hiram82

Tied with 5 names at #1,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,736Tyrese#2,347 → #611
  2. ↑ 805Zion#1,499 → #694
  3. ↑ 785Mekhi#1,706 → #921
  4. ↑ 743Tyriq#1,519 → #776
  5. ↑ 741Tavian#1,599 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Coty#918 → #1,347
  2. ↓ 367Anfernee#838 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 326Jessy#962 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 295Mickey#966 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 280Mikal#1,000 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →