Ismaeel — #4969 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ismaeel

The Social Security Administration has registered 439 babies named Ismaeel between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ismaeel currently holds the #4969 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ismaeel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 198 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ismaeel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Ismaeel in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ismaeel 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 439 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.