Ishmail — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ishmail

The Social Security Administration has registered 208 babies named Ishmail between 1971 and 2012, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ishmail currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ishmail performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ishmail shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ishmail 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 208 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.