How rare is the name Isreal?

5,205 people in the United States have the first name Isreal, about 1 in 58,027. It ranks #3,800 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ISREAL

#3,800

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,205
About
1 in 58,027
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,205 people named Isreal, 59.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 22% as Black and 14.1% as White. 97.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Isreal peaked in 2006, when 121 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
121
In 2025*
28 ▼77%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,722 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Isreal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #2,056. The largest share of babies named Isreal, 29.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,05629
1890s#2,70926
1900s#2,79845
1910s#3,031165
1920s#3,346213
1930s#3,271183
1940s#3,448194
1950s#3,751220
1960s#3,989235
1970s#3,084472
1980s#3,646455
1990s#3,561658
2000s#3,425964
2010s#4,888613
2020s#6,373250
Before 19011.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–278%
Silent Generation 1928–457%
Baby boom 1946–648.6%
Generation X 1965–8013.7%
Millennials 1981–9617.6%
Generation Z 1997–1229.9%
2013 and later13.9%

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 Isreal is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Isreal has been most common in Texas (4.3×), New York (3.1×), and California (2.5×), and least common in Florida (1.2×).

1,836 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.

Exactly as common as Isreal

1 other first name also has 5,205 people.

#3,800 Usha · 5,205

Either side of Isreal

#3,798 Linwood · 5,210#3,798 Nevin · 5,210#3,800 Usha · 5,205#3,802 Eun · 5,204

Also a last name

As a last name, Isreal ranks #24,443 of 156,621, with 1,067 people. See Isreal as a last name

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