Ishmel
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Peak · boys
- 1946 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 297since 1916
Ishmel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ishmel has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
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| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | |
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| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
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| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
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| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
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| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
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| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
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| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | — | |
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| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | — | |
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| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five boys were named Ishmel! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ishmel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Ishmel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1946 at #2,403 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1947, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 121,789
- Highest: 1 in 121,789 boys born in 1923 were named Ishmel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,403 in 1946, was only 1 in 162,402 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 26.9% of all boys named Ishmel (80) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #3,115 (1919) | #3,506 |
| 1920s | 54 | #2,912 (1927) | #3,334 |
| 1930s | 19 | #2,951 (1935) | #3,229 |
| 1940s | 10 | #2,403 (1946) | #2,403 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,734 (1952) | #3,734 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 10 | #5,227 (1974) | #5,536 |
| 1980s | 22 | #5,468 (1981) | #6,404 |
| 1990s | 80 | #4,872 (1992) | #6,062 |
| 2000s | 60 | #5,588 (2000) | #9,072 |
| 2010s | 18 | #10,744 (2016) | #10,774 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,863 (2022) | #10,863 |
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.
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