NameTides

Ismaeel

Ismaeel was the #3,757 boys' name in the US in 2025 (29 babies), and #487 in England & Wales and #3,153 in Canada.

Ismaeel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Ismaeel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Ismaeel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#3,757 (29)#487 (79)—#3,153 (5)
2024#4,890 (20)#403 (101)—#1,654 (12)
2023#3,416 (34)#439 (90)#614 (4)#2,336 (7)
2022#4,089 (26)#500 (78)—#2,052 (8)
2021#3,814 (28)#439 (95)—#1,898 (9)
2020#4,275 (23)#410 (99)#711 (3)#2,013 (8)
2019#4,480 (22)#441 (93)#394 (8)#1,448 (13)
2018#4,739 (20)#384 (113)#704 (3)#2,403 (6)
2017#4,331 (23)#373 (123)#442 (7)#2,010 (8)
2016#4,327 (23)#344 (136)#375 (9)#1,578 (11)
2015#4,295 (23)#393 (108)#588 (4)#2,387 (6)
2014#4,538 (21)#417 (98)—#1,778 (9)
2013#5,923 (14)#412 (98)#687 (3)#2,606 (5)
2012#6,306 (13)#478 (80)——
2011#4,983 (18)#507 (71)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #3,416.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.

How common is it?

about 1 in 59,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 59,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ismaeel is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 65,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 43,000 to 1 in 100,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ismaeel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #999MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Ismaeel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,3557

Ismaeel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IsmaeelCanadaBoys#3,1535
IsmaeelEngland & WalesBoys#48779
Isma'EelEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
IsmaeelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
IsmaeelScotlandBoys—too few
IsmaeelUSBoys#3,75729