Israel — #279 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Israel

The Social Security Administration has registered 70,134 babies named Israel between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Israel currently holds the #279 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 1,936 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Israel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 16,150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Israel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 14,911 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Israel in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Israel 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 70,134 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.