Boys' name · since 1950
Yisroel
Yisroel has 6,813 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,483 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #825 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,813
- born since 1950
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yisroel currently ranks #825 among boys' names in America, with 6,813 babies recorded since 1950.
Social Security Administration records show Yisroel recorded 6,813 times among boys since 1950, holding rank #825 nationally today, ahead of 94% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2025.
- #1,483 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #825 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 6,813 born since 1950
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yisroel ranks #1,483 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #825 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 6,813 born since 1950, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,483 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #825 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,813
- born since 1950
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yisroel's 6,813 recorded births place it above 96.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Yisroel compares
6,813 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Yisroel's all-time total is 18x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yisroel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,813 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 300 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yisroel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yisroel splits its recorded history at 1991: 85% of all births land in the more recent half, 15% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1950 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 300 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yisroel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 300
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Yisroel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,056 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Yisroel's strongest decade.
2,056 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Yisroel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 27
1950s
27 births
- 1960s 76
1960s
76 births
- 1970s 262
1970s
262 births
- 1980s 574
1980s
574 births
- 1990s
1990s
918 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,435 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,056 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,465 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,056 births (30% of all-time use).
How Yisroel 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 Yisroel's total volume
Yisroel by state
Where Yisroel concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 4,149 | 60.9% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 1,763 | 25.9% |
| #3 | California | | 63 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 28 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 23 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 14 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.1% |
4,149 of 6,813 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Yisroel's data
- Yisroel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,056 total births) through the 2020s (1,465) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Yisroels (4,149 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yisroel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~75 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, 1950–2025 (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 Yisroel 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.