Ishmail
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1995
13 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
208
since 1971
Born an Ishmail? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Ishmail was most popular in 1995, when 13 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Ishmail in 2025. Not recorded since 2012.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 6 | 10770 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 7 | 9600 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 9 | 8310 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 13 | 6393 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 9 | 8173 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 8 | 8732 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 5 | 11472 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 9 | 7536 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 9 | 7245 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 11 | 6088 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 7 | 8209 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 7 | 7874 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 10 | 5840 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 7 | 7281 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 10 | 5535 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 13 | 4508 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 12 | 4803 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 9 | 5771 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 10 | 5236 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 9 | 5521 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 5 | 6721 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 6 | 5619 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 5 | 4986 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 5 | 4907 |
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