Ismail
- #1,064 for boys in 2025, 204 births
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 204 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,022since 1962
Ismail over time
Rank among boys' names. Ismail has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,064 | 204 |
| 2024 | #1,231 | 163 |
| 2023 | #1,397 | 132 |
| 2022 | #1,479 | 122 |
| 2021 | #1,479 | 121 |
| 2020 | #1,361 | 130 |
| 2019 | #1,494 | 114 |
| 2018 | #1,195 | 158 |
| 2017 | #1,236 | 148 |
| 2016 | #1,130 | 171 |
| 2015 | #1,174 | 158 |
| 2014 | #1,300 | 136 |
| 2013 | #1,285 | 135 |
| 2012 | #1,428 | 116 |
| 2011 | #1,395 | 119 |
| 2010 | #1,652 | 94 |
| 2009 | #1,562 | 104 |
| 2008 | #1,760 | 85 |
| 2007 | #1,552 | 101 |
| 2006 | #1,479 | 103 |
| 2005 | #1,854 | 69 |
| 2004 | #1,618 | 80 |
| 2003 | #1,513 | 85 |
| 2002 | #1,483 | 85 |
| 2001 | #1,514 | 80 |
| 2000 | #1,681 | 68 |
| 1999 | #1,642 | 65 |
| 1998 | #1,546 | 69 |
| 1997 | #1,580 | 64 |
| 1996 | #1,740 | 53 |
| 1995 | #1,706 | 52 |
| 1994 | #1,734 | 51 |
| 1993 | #1,577 | 57 |
| 1992 | #2,174 | 35 |
| 1991 | #1,545 | 56 |
| 1990 | #1,840 | 42 |
| 1989 | #2,154 | 32 |
| 1988 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | #2,333 | 24 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #1,787 | 31 |
| 1982 | #2,111 | 25 |
| 1981 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #1,867 | 29 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 24 |
| 1977 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
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| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
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| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Ismail! It came in at #4,033, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1962–1963, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ismail is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#469 · 1 in 2,485
- New York#491 · 1 in 2,558
- Minnesota#552 · 1 in 2,722
- Maryland#571 · 1 in 2,862
- Virginia#627 · 1 in 3,387
Best ever in a state: #338 in Minnesota, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #469 | 16 | 1 in 2,485 |
| New York | #491 | 33 | 1 in 2,558 |
| Minnesota | #552 | 9 | 1 in 2,722 |
| Maryland | #571 | 8 | 1 in 2,862 |
| Virginia | #627 | 11 | 1 in 3,387 |
| California | #754 | 34 | 1 in 5,161 |
| Michigan | #768 | 9 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Illinois | #805 | 10 | 1 in 4,955 |
| Texas | #1,070 | 21 | 1 in 8,336 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,094 | 6 | 1 in 8,710 |
| North Carolina | #1,277 | 5 | 1 in 10,294 |
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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 Ismail
- 297 spots since 2020 (#1,361 → #1,064)
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 2025 at #1,064 (204 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 8,373 boys born in 2025 were named Ismail (0.01%)
- 33.5% of all boys named Ismail (1,349) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 | #3,282 (1964) | #3,658 |
| 1970s | 138 | #1,867 (1979) | #3,156 |
| 1980s | 247 | #1,787 (1983) | #2,275 |
| 1990s | 544 | #1,545 (1991) | #1,708 |
| 2000s | 860 | #1,479 (2006) | #1,602 |
| 2010s | 1,349 | #1,130 (2016) | #1,329 |
| 2020s | 872 | #1,064 (2025) | #1,335 |
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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