Isreal
Isreal was given to 28 boys in 2025, #3,881 among boys’ names; 4,722 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,740 Americans named Isreal and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (79% of everyone recorded); the median is 27 years old and half are between 17 and 45.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Isreal by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Isreal?
#3,881 among boys’ names, 2025
Isreal fell from #2,243 in 2015 to #3,881 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 31.3 to 16.4 per million.
121 babies in 2006, the peak
Isreal peaked in 2006, when 121 boys were given it, #1,346 among boys’ names. The 28 births of 2025 are 23% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,881 | 16.4 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,018 | 15.7 |
| 2023 | 55 | #2,452 | 32.2 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,123 | 22.3 |
| 2021 | 53 | #2,509 | 30.3 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,633 | 27.8 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,320 | 32.9 |
| 2018 | 45 | #2,721 | 24.8 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,250 | 31.9 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,217 | 32.1 |
Every recorded year (131)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 60 | #2,243 | 31.3 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,283 | 30.2 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,260 | 30.1 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,110 | 33.7 |
| 2011 | 75 | #1,876 | 39.5 |
| 2010 | 69 | #1,987 | 36.0 |
| 2009 | 94 | #1,675 | 47.4 |
| 2008 | 116 | #1,438 | 56.9 |
| 2007 | 116 | #1,407 | 55.9 |
| 2006 | 121 | #1,346 | 58.9 |
| 2005 | 107 | #1,391 | 53.6 |
| 2004 | 75 | #1,704 | 37.8 |
| 2003 | 78 | #1,616 | 39.5 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,052 | 27.3 |
| 2001 | 78 | #1,549 | 40.1 |
| 2000 | 94 | #1,352 | 47.9 |
| 1999 | 74 | #1,519 | 38.5 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,391 | 43.4 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,443 | 39.8 |
| 1996 | 64 | #1,555 | 33.8 |
| 1995 | 67 | #1,457 | 35.2 |
| 1994 | 67 | #1,436 | 34.7 |
| 1993 | 47 | #1,800 | 24.0 |
| 1992 | 62 | #1,472 | 31.0 |
| 1991 | 57 | #1,527 | 28.2 |
| 1990 | 42 | #1,849 | 20.4 |
| 1989 | 44 | #1,738 | 22.0 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,679 | 21.9 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,348 | 29.5 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,290 | 31.0 |
| 1985 | 49 | #1,398 | 26.5 |
| 1984 | 41 | #1,512 | 22.7 |
| 1983 | 36 | #1,641 | 20.1 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,604 | 20.9 |
| 1981 | 50 | #1,316 | 27.9 |
| 1980 | 43 | #1,453 | 24.1 |
| 1979 | 45 | #1,397 | 26.1 |
| 1978 | 46 | #1,358 | 28.0 |
| 1977 | 41 | #1,438 | 25.0 |
| 1976 | 62 | #1,059 | 39.5 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,153 | 34.6 |
| 1974 | 40 | #1,358 | 25.4 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,070 | 37.2 |
| 1972 | 44 | #1,255 | 27.1 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,117 | 30.5 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,636 | 15.1 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,581 | 15.1 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,266 | 20.7 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,732 | 12.0 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,492 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,689 | 11.8 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,711 | 11.0 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,862 | 9.4 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,144 | 7.3 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,843 | 9.4 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,600 | 12.2 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,604 | 11.7 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,704 | 10.4 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,527 | 12.5 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,496 | 13.2 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,517 | 12.6 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,420 | 14.2 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,998 | 8.1 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,311 | 6.2 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,937 | 8.5 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,720 | 10.6 |
| 1949 | 22 | #1,594 | 12.4 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,980 | 8.5 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,503 | 13.7 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,488 | 14.2 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,426 | 16.3 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,656 | 13.2 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,736 | 12.6 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,372 | 18.8 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,854 | 12.2 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,398 | 8.6 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,179 | 28.0 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,779 | 14.4 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,602 | 17.8 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,006 | 12.5 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,982 | 13.4 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,812 | 15.5 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,383 | 24.2 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,807 | 16.3 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,155 | 12.5 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,671 | 18.2 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,757 | 17.7 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,794 | 17.2 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,578 | 21.3 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,947 | 15.3 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,836 | 17.0 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,088 | 14.1 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,668 | 20.1 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,485 | 23.9 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,739 | 19.1 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,340 | 28.2 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,726 | 20.4 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,792 | 18.7 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,281 | 31.3 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,997 | 16.9 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,578 | 23.6 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,520 | 26.0 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,287 | 33.2 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,472 | 27.9 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,334 | 35.4 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,256 | 41.2 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,570 | 30.5 |
| 1908 | 10 | #914 | 64.8 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,143 | 47.7 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,329 | 37.6 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,294 | 39.0 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,077 | 48.9 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,105 | 46.5 |
| 1899 | 6 | #988 | 56.5 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,216 | 40.8 |
| 1895 | 9 | #764 | 76.7 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,016 | 49.2 |
| 1884 | 7 | #814 | 61.2 |
| 1883 | 6 | #843 | 57.3 |
| 1882 | 7 | #797 | 61.6 |
| 1880 | 9 | #659 | 81.5 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Isreal a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,722 Americans recorded as Isreal, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 28 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Isreal: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Isreal, and how old are they?
3,740 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 79% of the 4,722 Americans ever recorded as Isreal. The median Isreal alive today is 27 years old; half are between 17 and 45.
The 2020 Census counted 5,205 people named Isreal (143 women and girls, 5,062 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,635 born in the U.S. The Census count is 43% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 66 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 270 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 577 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 789 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,390 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 650 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Isreal born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 5 | #1,864 | 1.3× |
Where Isreal is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Isreal is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Isreal with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 78,158 babies since 1880, Isreal is the second most given (6.0% of them). In 2025 it was given to 28 of their 1,156 babies (2.4%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Isreal
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Isreal and names like it
- Compare Isreal and IsraelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sIsreal peaked in 2006.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Isreal since 1910.
- The top names of 2006The year the most babies were named Isreal.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Isreal alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with IMost given first.