Recorded 1992–2018 Girls' name Peak 2003 240 births

Ismerai — girls' name

240 babies named Ismerai in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s242000s1362010s80
2000s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Ismerai was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

20 babies were named Ismerai in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ismerai

The Social Security Administration has registered 240 babies named Ismerai between 1992 and 2018, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ismerai currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ismerai performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ismerai shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ismerai in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ismerai 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 240 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.

Ismerai at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

240

Since 1992

27 years of records

Peak year

2003

20 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1992

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2018

Ismerai popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1992

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2003)
20
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
0510152025 20182014201120082005200219991992 5

Ismerai by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
136 births that decade — 57% of Ismerai's all-time total
1990s242000s1362010s80

Ismerai by state

Where Ismerai concentrates geographically — total births since 1992

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Ismerai
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
25 10.4%
California share of Ismerai's total US births 10.4%

25 of 240 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ismerai?
240 babies have been named Ismerai since 1992. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2003 with 20 births.
When was Ismerai most popular?
Ismerai was most popular in the 2000s decade with 136 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
Where is Ismerai most popular?
The top states for the name Ismerai are California (25 births).
How long has the name Ismerai been used?
Ismerai has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 27 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Ismerai?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ismahan, Isma, Ismelda, Ismael, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1992–2018 (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.