Ismael
#540 most common boys' name of all time · #1,190 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1903–2025
Rank among boys
#540
Rank overall
#1,190 of 105,966
First appeared
1903
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
44,289
Since 2016
10,576
Peak year
2024 #234
Best rank
#234 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 1,535/yr
Ismael first appears in 1903. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 1,307 | 1,307 | #263 |
| 2024 | — | 1,535 | 1,535 | #234 |
| 2023 | — | 1,425 | 1,425 | #244 |
| 2022 | — | 1,076 | 1,076 | #312 |
| 2021 | — | 928 | 928 | #351 |
| 2020 | — | 905 | 905 | #350 |
| 2019 | — | 875 | 875 | #365 |
| 2018 | — | 919 | 919 | #359 |
| 2017 | — | 814 | 814 | #393 |
| 2016 | — | 792 | 792 | #404 |
| 2015 | — | 772 | 772 | #401 |
| 2014 | — | 807 | 807 | #386 |
| 2013 | — | 746 | 746 | #401 |
| 2012 | — | 776 | 776 | #384 |
| 2011 | — | 789 | 789 | #376 |
| 2010 | — | 824 | 824 | #362 |
| 2009 | — | 863 | 863 | #357 |
| 2008 | — | 935 | 935 | #348 |
| 2007 | — | 978 | 978 | #327 |
| 2006 | — | 988 | 988 | #325 |
| 2005 | 5 | 898 | 903 | #335 |
| 2004 | 6 | 905 | 911 | #332 |
| 2003 | — | 871 | 871 | #332 |
| 2002 | — | 809 | 809 | #339 |
| 2001 | — | 866 | 866 | #325 |
| 2000 | 5 | 803 | 808 | #341 |
| 1999 | 6 | 785 | 791 | #338 |
| 1998 | — | 744 | 744 | #351 |
| 1997 | — | 658 | 658 | #370 |
| 1996 | 7 | 772 | 779 | #336 |
| 1995 | — | 716 | 716 | #342 |
| 1994 | 8 | 642 | 650 | #371 |
| 1993 | 6 | 637 | 643 | #373 |
| 1992 | — | 600 | 600 | #383 |
| 1991 | — | 615 | 615 | #373 |
| 1990 | — | 557 | 557 | #414 |
| 1989 | 6 | 456 | 462 | #442 |
| 1988 | — | 475 | 475 | #415 |
| 1987 | — | 434 | 434 | #420 |
| 1986 | — | 445 | 445 | #405 |
| 1985 | — | 415 | 415 | #420 |
| 1984 | — | 380 | 380 | #427 |
| 1983 | 7 | 424 | 431 | #393 |
| 1982 | 6 | 435 | 441 | #389 |
| 1981 | — | 406 | 406 | #405 |
| 1980 | — | 386 | 386 | #421 |
| 1979 | — | 419 | 419 | #391 |
| 1978 | 6 | 338 | 344 | #434 |
| 1977 | — | 326 | 326 | #439 |
| 1976 | 5 | 349 | 354 | #413 |
| 1975 | — | 306 | 306 | #461 |
| 1974 | — | 365 | 365 | #410 |
| 1973 | — | 279 | 279 | #470 |
| 1972 | — | 280 | 280 | #470 |
| 1971 | — | 289 | 289 | #478 |
| 1970 | — | 301 | 301 | #468 |
| 1969 | — | 247 | 247 | #491 |
| 1968 | — | 255 | 255 | #476 |
| 1967 | — | 220 | 220 | #506 |
| 1966 | — | 233 | 233 | #497 |
| 1965 | — | 200 | 200 | #542 |
| 1964 | — | 218 | 218 | #532 |
| 1963 | — | 213 | 213 | #544 |
| 1962 | — | 233 | 233 | #519 |
| 1961 | — | 181 | 181 | #589 |
| 1960 | — | 208 | 208 | #546 |
| 1959 | — | 195 | 195 | #555 |
| 1958 | — | 191 | 191 | #560 |
| 1957 | — | 196 | 196 | #553 |
| 1956 | — | 202 | 202 | #527 |
| 1955 | — | 160 | 160 | #581 |
| 1954 | — | 161 | 161 | #585 |
| 1953 | — | 165 | 165 | #550 |
| 1952 | — | 145 | 145 | #578 |
| 1951 | — | 138 | 138 | #592 |
| 1950 | — | 131 | 131 | #598 |
| 1949 | — | 129 | 129 | #602 |
| 1948 | — | 116 | 116 | #631 |
| 1947 | — | 104 | 104 | #681 |
| 1946 | — | 96 | 96 | #662 |
| 1945 | — | 79 | 79 | #681 |
| 1944 | — | 79 | 79 | #701 |
| 1943 | — | 50 | 50 | #953 |
| 1942 | — | 65 | 65 | #804 |
| 1941 | — | 59 | 59 | #831 |
| 1940 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,029 |
| 1939 | — | 55 | 55 | #826 |
| 1938 | — | 58 | 58 | #815 |
| 1937 | — | 49 | 49 | #892 |
| 1936 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,021 |
| 1935 | — | 52 | 52 | #878 |
| 1934 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,034 |
| 1933 | — | 68 | 68 | #743 |
| 1932 | — | 57 | 57 | #851 |
| 1931 | — | 76 | 76 | #694 |
| 1930 | — | 75 | 75 | #736 |
| 1929 | — | 58 | 58 | #877 |
| 1928 | — | 51 | 51 | #959 |
| 1927 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,093 |
| 1926 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,087 |
| 1925 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,104 |
| 1924 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,438 |
| 1923 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,190 |
| 1922 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,460 |
| 1921 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,439 |
| 1920 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,625 |
| 1919 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,733 |
| 1918 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,327 |
| 1917 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,677 |
| 1916 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,619 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,495 |
| 1914 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,656 |
| 1913 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,426 |
| 1912 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,978 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,512 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,297 |