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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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.
Where Ismael is popular in 1993
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#204 · 1 in 1,111
- Arizona#223 · 1 in 1,231
- Nevada#235 · 1 in 1,304
- Texas#245 · 1 in 1,320
- New Mexico#255 · 1 in 1,272
Best ever in a state: #62 in New Mexico, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #204 | 248 | 1 in 1,111 |
| Arizona | #223 | 25 | 1 in 1,231 |
| Nevada | #235 | 7 | 1 in 1,304 |
| Texas | #245 | 116 | 1 in 1,320 |
| New Mexico | #255 | 9 | 1 in 1,272 |
| Idaho | #268 | 5 | 1 in 1,418 |
| New Jersey | #294 | 21 | 1 in 2,428 |
| Oregon | #304 | 9 | 1 in 2,138 |
| Washington | #330 | 15 | 1 in 2,302 |
| Florida | #339 | 37 | 1 in 2,373 |
| Kansas | #344 | 6 | 1 in 2,616 |
| Massachusetts | #355 | 9 | 1 in 4,391 |
| Utah | #360 | 6 | 1 in 2,813 |
| Illinois | #368 | 31 | 1 in 2,760 |
| Colorado | #374 | 8 | 1 in 3,042 |
| New York | #443 | 33 | 1 in 3,905 |
| Pennsylvania | #548 | 11 | 1 in 6,887 |
| Georgia | #844 | 5 | 1 in 9,622 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
Top boys' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 301,512 of them was named Ismael, which outranked 25.4% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,588Zelene7
- #10,588Zowie7
- #10,588Zuly7
- #11,780Ismael6
- #11,780Abbigael6
- #11,780Abbye6
- #11,780Abbygale6
- #13,442Aaminah5
- #13,442Aarica5
- #13,442Abagale5
Tied with 1,661 names at #11,780; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 3,079 of them was named Ismael, which outranked 96.3% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).