Boys' name · since 1995
Ismaeel
Ismaeel has 468 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,203 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,816 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 468
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ismaeel currently ranks #3816 among boys' names in America, with 468 babies recorded since 1995.
Ismaeel has 468 recorded births among boys since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3816 as of the latest data, more common than 73% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #8,203 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,816 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 468 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ismaeel ranks #8,203 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,816 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 468 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,203 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,816 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 468
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ismaeel's 468 recorded births place it above 81.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Ismaeel compares
468 Top 45% higher than 55% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ismaeel's all-time total is 27% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ismaeel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 468 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ismaeel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ismaeel's full recorded timeline at 2012, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 34 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ismaeel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Ismaeel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (198 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Ismaeel's strongest decade.
198 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Ismaeel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 34
1990s
34 births
- 2000s 76
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
198 births
- 2020s
2020s
160 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 198 births (42% of all-time use).
Ismaeel by state
Where Ismaeel concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 34 | 7.3% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 12 | 2.6% |
| #3 | California | | 10 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 6 | 1.3% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.1% |
34 of 468 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Ismaeel's data
- Ismaeel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (198 total births) through the 2020s (160) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Ismaeels (34 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ismaeel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.