Ysmael — #12463 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ysmael

The Social Security Administration has registered 196 babies named Ysmael between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ysmael currently holds the #12463 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ysmael performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Ysmael shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ysmael in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ysmael 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 196 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.