# Ismael (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ismael/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɪzmeɪ.əl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 44,289 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 44,216 / 73 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,067, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ismael.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 9,836 |
| 1978 | 6 | 8,937 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9,643 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8,350 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,356 |
| 1993 | 6 | 12,364 |
| 1994 | 8 | 9,904 |
| 1996 | 7 | 11,008 |
| 1999 | 6 | 13,294 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15,975 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,853 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17,478 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 789 | 376 |
| 2012 | 776 | 383 |
| 2013 | 746 | 401 |
| 2014 | 807 | 386 |
| 2015 | 772 | 401 |
| 2016 | 792 | 404 |
| 2017 | 814 | 392 |
| 2018 | 919 | 359 |
| 2019 | 875 | 365 |
| 2020 | 905 | 350 |
| 2021 | 928 | 350 |
| 2022 | 1,076 | 312 |
| 2023 | 1,425 | 244 |
| 2024 | 1,535 | 234 |
| 2025 | 1,307 | 263 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 759 |
| 2012 | 38 | 821 |
| 2013 | 43 | 751 |
| 2014 | 48 | 684 |
| 2015 | 45 | 727 |
| 2016 | 42 | 774 |
| 2017 | 47 | 730 |
| 2018 | 60 | 604 |
| 2019 | 50 | 678 |
| 2020 | 47 | 706 |
| 2021 | 45 | 751 |
| 2022 | 41 | 784 |
| 2023 | 55 | 645 |
| 2024 | 51 | 702 |
| 2025 | 38 | 845 |

## People named Ismael

- Ismaël Bennacer, Algerian footballer
- Ismaël Koné, Canadian soccer player
- Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer
- Ismael Fuentes, Chilean association football player
- Ismael Borrero, Cuban amateur wrestler
- Ismaël Doukouré, French footballer (born 2003)
- Ismael Blanco, Argentine association football player
- Ismael Nery, Artista Brasileiro (1900–1934)
- Ismaël Ferroukhi, French Moroccan film director (born 1962)
- Ismael Silva Lima, Brazilian footballer
- Ismael Tajouri-Shradi, Footballer (born 1994)
- Victor Ismael Sosa, Argentine association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.