Ismeal — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ismeal

The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Ismeal between 1955 and 2007, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ismeal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ismeal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ismeal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ismeal 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 85 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.