first name
ISMAEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 51,341 people named Ismael, 92.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% as White and 2.5% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ismael peaked in 2024, when 1,535 babies got the name.
At least 44,289 babies have been given the name since 1903. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ismael by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #554. The largest share of babies named Ismael, 30.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ismael is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ismael has been most common in Arizona (3.4×), Texas (3.3×), and California (3×), and least common in Louisiana (0.04×).
41,830 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ismael
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ismael, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ismael ranks #16,358 of 156,621, with 1,707 people. See Ismael as a last name
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