Ishmeal
#9,593 most common boys' name of all time · #24,268 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2017
Rank among boys
#9,593
Rank overall
#24,268 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
301
Since 2016
7
Peak year
1997 #4,500
Best rank
#2,922 1916
Girls
Boys
peak 14/yr
Ishmeal first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,787 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,245 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,805 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,671 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,736 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,549 |
| 2006 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,071 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,644 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,088 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,724 |
| 2001 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,518 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,320 |
| 1999 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,602 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,696 |
| 1997 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,500 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,256 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,580 |
| 1994 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,586 |
| 1993 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,760 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,947 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,937 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,121 |
| 1988 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,854 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,591 |
| 1986 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,212 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,599 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,494 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,968 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,627 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,334 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,454 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,838 |
| 1938 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,113 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,108 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,832 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,498 |
| 1927 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,036 |
| 1922 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,784 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,682 |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,347 |
| 1916 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,922 |