Ismaila — #11613 US boys' name
61 babies named Ismaila in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Ismaila was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Ismaila in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ismaila
The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Ismaila between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ismaila currently holds the #11613 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ismaila performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ismaila shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ismaila in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ismaila 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 61 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.
Ismaila at a glance
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Current rank
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Ismaila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2011)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #11613 among boys.
61 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 8 births in a single year.
Ismaila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 32 births that decade — 52% of Ismaila's all-time total
Ismaila decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ismaila's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Ismaila by state
Where Ismaila concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 9.8% |
6 of 61 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 9.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 9.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.