How Many People Are Named Ismail?
people named Ismail are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 86,571 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,022 babies named Ismail in Social Security records from 1962 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
204 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Turkish form of ISHMAEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ismail in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ismail alive today is about 16 years old, and 84% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ismail first appears in the records in 1962, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 204 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ismail has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,065, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,065.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,065 |
| Best rank | #1,065 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,309 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ismail alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ismail were born in New York than in any other state: about 582 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ismail was given 4.7 times as often in Minnesota, 3.9 times in New York and 2.6 times in New Jersey.
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