Girls' name · since 2007
Ismaela
16 babies named Ismaela in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,240 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ismaela is the #16240 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 16 recorded since 2007.
Ismaela has 16 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16240 as of the latest data, more common than 6% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #48,709 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,240 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ismaela ranks #48,709 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,240 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #48,709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,240 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ismaela's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ismaela compares
16 6th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Ismaela's all-time total is 96% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ismaela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ismaela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ismaela's full recorded timeline at 2022, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ismaela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Ismaela by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Ismaela's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Ismaela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Ismaela? ▼
Where does Ismaela sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
When was Ismaela most popular? ▼
How long has the name Ismaela been used? ▼
What names are similar to Ismaela? ▼
Keep exploring Ismaela
Nearby Names Like Ismaela
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Ismaela
Compare Ismaela side by side: Ismaela vs Ismerai Ismaela vs Ismahan Ismaela vs Isma
Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Ismaela
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ismaela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
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, 2007–2025 (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 Ismaela 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.