How Many People Are Named Ishmeal?
people named Ishmeal are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,539,571 people in the US has this name
Based on 301 babies named Ishmeal in Social Security records from 1916 to 2017, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
14 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ishmeal in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ishmeal alive today is about 31 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 22 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ishmeal first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 1997, to 14 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2017.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2017
🏆 Rank History
Ishmeal has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,818, in 1916.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,818 (1916) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,844 in the 1990s |
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