Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ismeal

#16,502 most common boys' name of all time · #43,110 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1955–2007

Rank among boys
#16,502
Rank overall
#43,110 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
85
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1989 #6,490
Best rank
#3,974 1960
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
196019802000

Ismeal first appears in 1955. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2007 — 7 7 #9,997
2006 — 6 6 #10,923
2002 — 5 5 #10,989
1992 — 7 7 #6,877
1989 — 7 7 #6,490
1986 — 6 6 #6,243
1985 — 5 5 #6,929
1983 — 5 5 #6,642
1982 — 6 6 #5,921
1980 — 5 5 #6,674
1979 — 5 5 #6,478
1978 — 5 5 #6,181
1976 — 5 5 #5,977
1960 — 6 6 #3,974
1955 — 5 5 #4,364