Ishmael
#1,446 most common boys' name of all time · #3,486 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#1,446
Rank overall
#3,486 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
6,794
Since 2016
1,318
Peak year
2017 #1,183
Best rank
#792 1912
Girls
Boys
peak 158/yr
Ishmael is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,466 |
| 2024 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,489 |
| 2023 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,489 |
| 2022 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,731 |
| 2021 | — | 143 | 143 | #1,308 |
| 2020 | — | 144 | 144 | #1,273 |
| 2019 | — | 143 | 143 | #1,297 |
| 2018 | — | 139 | 139 | #1,306 |
| 2017 | — | 158 | 158 | #1,183 |
| 2016 | — | 132 | 132 | #1,350 |
| 2015 | — | 150 | 150 | #1,223 |
| 2014 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,265 |
| 2013 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,388 |
| 2012 | — | 127 | 127 | #1,336 |
| 2011 | — | 133 | 133 | #1,287 |
| 2010 | — | 111 | 111 | #1,472 |
| 2009 | — | 117 | 117 | #1,434 |
| 2008 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,584 |
| 2007 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,408 |
| 2006 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,391 |
| 2005 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,261 |
| 2004 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,225 |
| 2003 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,311 |
| 2002 | — | 118 | 118 | #1,184 |
| 2001 | — | 142 | 142 | #1,036 |
| 2000 | — | 144 | 144 | #1,017 |
| 1999 | — | 134 | 134 | #1,033 |
| 1998 | — | 146 | 146 | #953 |
| 1997 | — | 152 | 152 | #905 |
| 1996 | — | 141 | 141 | #926 |
| 1995 | — | 126 | 126 | #987 |
| 1994 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,005 |
| 1993 | — | 117 | 117 | #1,016 |
| 1992 | — | 112 | 112 | #1,034 |
| 1991 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,113 |
| 1990 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,176 |
| 1989 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,438 |
| 1988 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,819 |
| 1987 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,591 |
| 1986 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,405 |
| 1985 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,244 |
| 1984 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,190 |
| 1983 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,167 |
| 1982 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,243 |
| 1981 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,191 |
| 1980 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,242 |
| 1979 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,211 |
| 1978 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,415 |
| 1977 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,317 |
| 1976 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,615 |
| 1975 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,351 |
| 1974 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,218 |
| 1973 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,488 |
| 1972 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,879 |
| 1971 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,643 |
| 1970 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,137 |
| 1969 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,922 |
| 1968 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,850 |
| 1967 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,152 |
| 1966 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,230 |
| 1965 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,381 |
| 1964 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,855 |
| 1963 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,216 |
| 1962 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1961 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,738 |
| 1960 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,895 |
| 1959 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,986 |
| 1958 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,277 |
| 1957 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,106 |
| 1956 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,371 |
| 1955 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,063 |
| 1954 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,716 |
| 1953 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,104 |
| 1952 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,625 |
| 1951 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,065 |
| 1950 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,577 |
| 1949 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,677 |
| 1948 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,127 |
| 1947 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,184 |
| 1946 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,896 |
| 1945 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,666 |
| 1943 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,775 |
| 1942 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,594 |
| 1941 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,358 |
| 1940 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,635 |
| 1939 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,647 |
| 1938 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,631 |
| 1937 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1936 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,393 |
| 1935 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,463 |
| 1934 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,331 |
| 1933 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,371 |
| 1932 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,398 |
| 1931 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 1930 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,438 |
| 1929 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,683 |
| 1928 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,422 |
| 1927 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,381 |
| 1926 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,024 |
| 1925 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1924 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,541 |
| 1923 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1922 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,166 |
| 1921 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,205 |
| 1920 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,187 |
| 1919 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,274 |
| 1918 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,349 |
| 1917 | — | 43 | 43 | #997 |
| 1916 | — | 49 | 49 | #898 |
| 1915 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1914 | — | 36 | 36 | #913 |
| 1913 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,057 |
| 1912 | — | 31 | 31 | #792 |
| 1911 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,308 |
| 1910 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,139 |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,379 |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,109 |
| 1901 | — | 6 | 6 | #985 |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,152 |
| 1893 | — | 7 | 7 | #865 |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1880 | — | 6 | 6 | #875 |