Ismar — boys' name
99 babies named Ismar in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Ismar was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Ismar in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ismar
The Social Security Administration has registered 99 babies named Ismar between 1993 and 2022, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ismar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Ismar is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 1990.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ismar performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ismar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ismar 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 99 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.
Ismar at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ismar popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1993
- Peak year (2008)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
99 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 10 births in a single year.
Ismar popularity over time — girls
11 total births recorded since 1990 (Ismar as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Ismar accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ismar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 58 births that decade — 59% of Ismar's all-time total
Ismar decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ismar's strongest decade
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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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, 1993–2022 (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.