# Yisroel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yisroel/  
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 | Yiddish |
| Meaning | “israel” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,813 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,813 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 496, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Yiddish ישׂראל (yisroel, “Israel”), from Hebrew ישראל (yisra'él, “Israel”). Doublet of Israel.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 194 | 1,005 |
| 2012 | 192 | 1,022 |
| 2013 | 196 | 1,004 |
| 2014 | 198 | 1,027 |
| 2015 | 213 | 975 |
| 2016 | 216 | 957 |
| 2017 | 208 | 986 |
| 2018 | 194 | 1,051 |
| 2019 | 251 | 879 |
| 2020 | 200 | 1,030 |
| 2021 | 241 | 942 |
| 2022 | 242 | 945 |
| 2023 | 236 | 959 |
| 2024 | 246 | 939 |
| 2025 | 300 | 826 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 944 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,119 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,511 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,050 |
| 2017 | 23 | 1,178 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,230 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,162 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,466 |

## People named Yisroel

- Yisroel Dovid Weiss, American rabbi and activist

## 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.