Ismail
Ismail is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 163 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1630.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2016171 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1962
- 3,818people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,818 boys have been named Ismail in the United States since 1962, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 171 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2016, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 35%.
By decade
In 2016, its biggest year
Ismail was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Ismail
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Adempeak 2015
- Mordechaipeak 2018
- Abdullahpeak 2014
- Jawadpeak 2023
- Natanpeak 2017
- Ammarpeak 2015
- Nikolapeak 2020
- Lucaspeak 2017
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.