Ichael — boys' name
391 babies named Ichael in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Ichael was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Ichael in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ichael
The Social Security Administration has registered 391 babies named Ichael between 1956 and 1989, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ichael currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ichael performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ichael shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ichael in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ichael in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 391 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ichael at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ichael popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1956
- Peak year (1982)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
391 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 25 births in a single year.
Ichael by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 177 births that decade — 45% of Ichael's all-time total
Ichael decade highlights
- Peak decade 177 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ichael's strongest decade
177 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Ichael by state
Where Ichael concentrates geographically — total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 1.8% |
7 of 391 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1956–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.