NameTides

Ismael

Ismael was the #263 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,307 babies), and #845 in England & Wales and #547 in Canada.

Ismael as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ismael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Ismael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#263 (1,307)#845 (38)——#547 (53)
2024#234 (1,535)#702 (51)——#558 (49)
2023#244 (1,425)#645 (55)#728 (3)—#437 (66)
2022#312 (1,076)#784 (41)——#648 (41)
2021#350 (928)#751 (45)—#631 (4)#635 (43)
2020#350 (905)#706 (47)#711 (3)—#475 (58)
2019#365 (875)#678 (50)——#583 (46)
2018#359 (919)#604 (60)——#480 (58)
2017#392 (814)#730 (47)——#519 (54)
2016#403 (792)#774 (42)——#534 (52)
2015#401 (772)#727 (45)——#479 (59)
2014#386 (807)#684 (48)——#643 (41)
2013#400 (746)#751 (43)——#503 (55)
2012#383 (776)#821 (38)——#478 (58)
2011#376 (789)#759 (41)——#525 (50)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #234.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1903.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ismael is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 750 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ismael by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #374WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #256WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #420MNIllinois: #191ILMichigan: #517MINew York: #338NYMassachusetts: #413MAOregon: #158ORNevada: #171NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #325INOhio: #627OHPennsylvania: #546PANew Jersey: #305NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #120CAUtah: #409UTColorado: #217CONebraska: #266NEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #450KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #115AZNew Mexico: #90NMKansas: #235KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #372NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #311OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #566GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #143TXFlorida: #373FL
Ismael (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
Quebec2025#16336
Ontario2024#1,3557

Ismael (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
IsmaelCanadaBoys#54753
IsmaelEngland & WalesBoys#84538
IsmaelIrelandBoys—too few
IsmaelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
IsmaelScotlandBoys—too few
IsmaelUSGirls—too few
IsmaelUSBoys#2631,307