How rare is the name Yisroel?

4,413 people in the United States have the first name Yisroel, about 1 in 68,441. It ranks #4,302 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

YISROEL

#4,302

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,413
About
1 in 68,441
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,413 people named Yisroel, 98.8% reported their origin as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yisroel peaked in 2025, when 300 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19502025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
300
In 2025*
300
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,813 babies have been given the name since 1950. 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.

Yisroel by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,944. The largest share of babies named Yisroel, 43.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#9,90327
1960s#7,47976
1970s#4,512262
1980s#3,119574
1990s#2,831918
2000s#2,5791,435
2010s#2,1642,056
2020s#1,9441,465
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–805.1%
Millennials 1981–9616.7%
Generation Z 1997–1234.2%
2013 and later43.2%

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 Yisroel is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Yisroel has been most common in New Jersey (10×), New York (8.8×), and California (0.1×), and least common in California (0.1×).

6,056 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 Yisroel

2 other first names also have 4,413 people.

#4,302 Antwon · 4,413#4,302 Srinivas · 4,413

Either side of Yisroel

#4,302 Antwon · 4,413#4,302 Srinivas · 4,413#4,305 Montserrat · 4,408#4,306 Mahesh · 4,402

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Yisroel, most common first.

#12,448 Yisrael · 1,000

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