Ismael — #234 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ismael

The Social Security Administration has registered 42,900 babies named Ismael between 1903 and 2024, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ismael currently holds the #234 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,532 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ismael performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 8,916 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Ismael shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12,353 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ismael in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ismael 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 42,900 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.