Yisrael — #1941 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yisrael

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,492 babies named Yisrael between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yisrael currently holds the #1941 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yisrael performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 604 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yisrael shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 568 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Yisrael in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yisrael 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 1,492 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.