Ishmeal
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1916
9 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
301
since 1916
Born an Ishmeal? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Ishmeal was most popular in 1916, when 9 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Ishmeal in 2025. Not recorded since 2017.
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 | — | 7 | 9696 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 5 | 12086 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 9 | 7998 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 5 | 11472 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 6 | 9581 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 10 | 6445 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 7 | 8209 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 9 | 6530 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 7 | 7560 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 14 | 4451 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 7 | 7136 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 10 | 5501 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 13 | 4537 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 12 | 4697 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 11 | 4872 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 8 | 5823 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 5 | 7905 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 9 | 4786 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 7 | 5459 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 10 | 4130 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 5 | 6262 |
| 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 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 5 | 4404 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 5 | 4065 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 6 | 3212 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 5 | 3505 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 7 | 2868 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 5 | 3763 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 6 | 3559 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 5 | 4151 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 8 | 3151 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 6 | 3708 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 7 | 3532 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 5 | 4322 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 8 | 3115 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 9 | 2730 |
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