Israel
Rank in 2025
#3577
recorded as girls
Up 245 since 2024
#315
recorded as boys
Down 37 since 2024
Babies in 2025
1,123
girls 42 · boys 1,081
Peak year
2006
1,927 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
72,874
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Israel was most popular in 2006, when 1,927 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.94 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,081 babies were named Israel, ranking #315 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 16%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 3577 | 1,081 | 315 |
| 2024 | 39 | 3822 | 1,226 | 278 |
| 2023 | 55 | 3014 | 1,537 | 229 |
| 2022 | 56 | 2956 | 1,509 | 233 |
| 2021 | 57 | 2929 | 1,548 | 234 |
| 2020 | 60 | 2748 | 1,532 | 237 |
| 2019 | 69 | 2538 | 1,622 | 234 |
| 2018 | 70 | 2508 | 1,596 | 239 |
| 2017 | 55 | 2964 | 1,594 | 235 |
| 2016 | 52 | 3139 | 1,679 | 232 |
| 2015 | 60 | 2890 | 1,582 | 240 |
| 2014 | 58 | 2922 | 1,541 | 242 |
| 2013 | 47 | 3367 | 1,473 | 245 |
| 2012 | 33 | 4387 | 1,450 | 253 |
| 2011 | 36 | 4072 | 1,612 | 218 |
| 2010 | 39 | 3889 | 1,626 | 220 |
| 2009 | 33 | 4482 | 1,776 | 211 |
| 2008 | 49 | 3377 | 1,832 | 210 |
| 2007 | 58 | 3023 | 1,937 | 204 |
| 2006 | 33 | 4358 | 1,927 | 202 |
| 2005 | 40 | 3646 | 1,655 | 217 |
| 2004 | 32 | 4287 | 1,635 | 215 |
| 2003 | 33 | 4034 | 1,368 | 247 |
| 2002 | 31 | 4071 | 1,297 | 251 |
| 2001 | 37 | 3549 | 1,340 | 249 |
| 2000 | 38 | 3453 | 1,384 | 244 |
| 1999 | 36 | 3443 | 1,272 | 248 |
| 1998 | 46 | 2846 | 1,279 | 243 |
| 1997 | 23 | 4508 | 1,169 | 251 |
| 1996 | 24 | 4306 | 1,064 | 264 |
| 1995 | 32 | 3422 | 975 | 281 |
| 1994 | 34 | 3302 | 960 | 282 |
| 1993 | 19 | 4998 | 913 | 300 |
| 1992 | 33 | 3343 | 902 | 297 |
| 1991 | 21 | 4650 | 848 | 304 |
| 1990 | 15 | 5835 | 791 | 319 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 759 | 315 |
| 1988 | 11 | 6666 | 655 | 328 |
| 1987 | 7 | 8778 | 614 | 333 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 616 | 325 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 598 | 329 |
| 1984 | 10 | 6291 | 590 | 325 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8047 | 589 | 323 |
| 1982 | 8 | 7469 | 637 | 310 |
| 1981 | 10 | 6323 | 594 | 324 |
| 1980 | 16 | 4517 | 663 | 301 |
| 1979 | 14 | 4842 | 686 | 295 |
| 1978 | 8 | 6948 | 591 | 305 |
| 1977 | 8 | 6892 | 630 | 306 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9284 | 565 | 311 |
| 1975 | 9 | 5984 | 531 | 330 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 529 | 330 |
| 1973 | 7 | 6666 | 474 | 352 |
| 1972 | 6 | 7292 | 486 | 350 |
| 1971 | 5 | 8324 | 470 | 372 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 424 | 389 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 357 | 418 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 333 | 422 |
| 1967 | 6 | 6042 | 271 | 461 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 291 | 451 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 260 | 481 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 246 | 501 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 222 | 533 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 229 | 526 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 233 | 520 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 232 | 520 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 220 | 530 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 228 | 511 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 176 | 581 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 197 | 533 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 189 | 535 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 163 | 578 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 186 | 517 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 178 | 523 |
| 1951 | 5 | 5414 | 173 | 519 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 143 | 565 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 146 | 555 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 123 | 613 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 112 | 651 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 107 | 621 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 82 | 664 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 82 | 687 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 90 | 676 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 65 | 795 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 84 | 665 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 74 | 702 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 74 | 691 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 84 | 652 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 70 | 722 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 80 | 653 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 80 | 663 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 73 | 716 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 74 | 694 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 66 | 780 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 73 | 711 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 101 | 610 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 79 | 695 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 72 | 763 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 100 | 629 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 94 | 651 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 103 | 617 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 105 | 622 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 118 | 575 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 162 | 483 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 142 | 521 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 135 | 524 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 129 | 524 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 162 | 464 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 143 | 479 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 120 | 520 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 137 | 470 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 100 | 488 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 116 | 396 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 75 | 456 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 40 | 461 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 29 | 524 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 27 | 496 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 24 | 513 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 19 | 559 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 19 | 523 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 19 | 525 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 30 | 368 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 14 | 595 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 24 | 415 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 14 | 536 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 20 | 534 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 12 | 583 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 17 | 505 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 11 | 652 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 27 | 367 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 15 | 529 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 12 | 594 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 14 | 509 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 20 | 422 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 18 | 411 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 18 | 424 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 20 | 405 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 23 | 387 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 15 | 438 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 17 | 431 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 22 | 380 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 25 | 352 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 18 | 412 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 22 | 377 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 23 | 342 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 17 | 425 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 2% · boys 98% across all years