Ismaeel

What Ismaeel means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ismaeel yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ismaeel?

US: Rising: up from #4295 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #393 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 34 boys got the name (#3416 that year). First in the US records in 1995.

How common

• About 1 in 58,899 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,442 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MI (0.15 per 1,000 boys), TX (0.03 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Ismaeel is #3757 in the US and #487 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ismaeel were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ismael1,307 US · 38 E&W
• Ismail204 US · 200 E&W
• Izmael27 US
• Esmael10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ismaeel

Boys

• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Kairo#226Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 6 babies
• River#111From the word “river”^*
• Shepherd#246From the word “shepherd”^*
• Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025

For a sister

• Journee#258Editor’s note 1,198 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Aitana#211Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #915 in 2015, #211 in 2025
• Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US
• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ismaeel’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.