Boys' name · since 1880
Israel
71,237 babies named Israel in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #398 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #315 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 71,237
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Israel currently ranks #315 among boys' names in America, with 71,237 babies recorded since 1880.
Israel has 71,237 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #315 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #398 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #315 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 71,237 born since 1880
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Israel ranks #398 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #315 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 71,237 born since 1880, peaking in the 2000s.
- #398 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #315 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 71,237
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Israel's 71,237 recorded births place it above 99.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Israel compares
71,237 Top 3% higher than 97% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Israel's all-time total is 193x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Israel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 71,237 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,937 | 34 | 22,252 |
Israel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Israel's full recorded timeline at 1953, 93% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 7% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1897, with just 11 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 1,937 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Israel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 1,937
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Israel popularity over time - girls
1,637 total births recorded since 1951 (Israel as girls' name)
Israel by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (16,151 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Israel's strongest decade.
16,151 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Israel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 202
1880s
202 births
- 1890s 164
1890s
164 births
- 1900s 210
1900s
210 births
- 1910s 1,051
1910s
1,051 births
- 1920s 1,110
1920s
1,110 births
- 1930s 775
1930s
775 births
- 1940s 965
1940s
965 births
- 1950s 1,853
1950s
1,853 births
- 1960s 2,674
1960s
2,674 births
- 1970s 5,386
1970s
5,386 births
- 1980s 6,315
1980s
6,315 births
- 1990s
1990s
10,173 births
- 2000s
2000s
16,151 births
- 2010s
2010s
15,775 births
- 2020s
2020s
8,433 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 16,151 births (23% of all-time use).
How Israel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Israel's total volume
Israel by state
Where Israel concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 15,118 | 21.2% |
| #2 | California | | 14,730 | 20.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 7,146 | 10.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 2,793 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 2,778 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 2,183 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 1,566 | 2.2% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 1,555 | 2.2% |
15,118 of 71,237 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Israel appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Israel's data
- Israel's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (16,151 total births) through the 2020s (8,433) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Israels (15,118 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Israel
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Israel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Israel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.