How Many People Are Named Ishmail?
people named Ishmail are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,692,004 people in the US has this name
Based on 208 babies named Ishmail in Social Security records from 1971 to 2012, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
13 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ishmail in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ishmail alive today is about 27 years old, and 62% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ishmail first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1995, to 13 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2012.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2012
🏆 Rank History
Ishmail has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,620, in 1995.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,620 (1995) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,729 in the 1990s |
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