Ismael

Boy · recorded 1903–2025

  • #263in 2025
  • 1 in 1,306boys in 2025
  • +90%last ten years
  • 3.4×in New Mexico

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 90% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1903

044689119031934196419952025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 116 recorded years as a table
Ismael, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190342
191131
191219
191329
191423
19157
191611
191722
191813
191920
192022
192125
192225
192334
192425
192537
192639
192738
192846
192954
193068
193173
193255
193369
193439
193550
193638
193746
193852
193950
194035
194148
194247
194335
194458
194559
194659
194757
194866
194973
195073
195173
195275
195384
195479
195578
195695
195791
195890
195991
196098
196185
1962113
1963105
1964109
1965108
1966131
1967126
1968147
1969138
1970162
1971163
1972173
1973179
1974232
1975196
1976222
1977198
1978206
1979243
1980216
1981227
1982240
1983237
1984211
1985225
1986242
1987232
1988248
1989228
1990271
1991304
1992300
1993325
1994332
1995376
1996408
1997349
1998389
1999409
2000409
2001446
2002417
2003441
2004456
2005450
2006481
2007471
2008458
2009435
2010429
2011415
2012409
2013394
2014420
2015403
2016417
2017440
2018506
2019488
2020524
2021530
2022616
2023833
2024891
2025765

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Mexico 3.4×
  2. Arizona 2.8×
  3. California 2.5×
  4. Texas 2.0×
  5. Nevada 1.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,307
Rank in 2025
#263
How rare
1 in 1,306 boys
Since 1903
44,216

Most popular in 2024, at 891 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 90% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Mexico3.4×55
Arizona2.8×232
California2.5×1,100
Texas2.0×885
Nevada1.9×54

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.