Meaning not yet researched.
Israel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,081 in 2025. Its best rank was #202 in 2006.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #202 in 2006; #315 in 2025. About 96% of babies named Israel in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#315 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2006, at #202.
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Israel: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,081 boys in 2025. Peak: #202 in 2006 · most boys in one year: 1,937 (2007).
In 2025, 1,081 US boys were named Israel, making it the 315th most common boys’ name of the year, down 37 places from #278 in 2024. That is 145 fewer than the 1,226 boys named Israel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #202, reached in 2006. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,937, in 2007. For comparison, it was #240 in 2015 and #567 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Israel in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 17 babies with the name. In all, 72,874 US babies have been given the name, 2.2% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 16,535 babies named Israel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 14,924 US boys were named Israel; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,679. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,580 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Israel ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #168 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Yisroel (6,813 babies since 1880), Izrael (1,258 babies since 1880), Isreal (4,722 babies since 1880) and Ezrael (552 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Isrrael, Israelle and Ysrael are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Isrrael (562), Israelle (55), Ysrael (52), Esrael (37), Izriel (25), Israyel (7), Isriel (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Israel in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 12 | #168 | #170 |
| Texas | 205 | #181 | #137 |
| Hawaii | 6 | #189 | #207 |
| California | 188 | #195 | #168 |
| Arizona | 39 | #216 | #178 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #275 | — |
| Washington | 27 | #275 | #292 |
| Arkansas | 13 | #279 | #296 |
| Nevada | 11 | #286 | #228 |
| Florida | 70 | #287 | #278 |
| Georgia | 42 | #295 | #246 |
| Colorado | 22 | #298 | #305 |
| North Carolina | 41 | #303 | #218 |
| New York | 61 | #303 | #220 |
| Maryland | 18 | #307 | #240 |
| Kansas | 12 | #310 | #404 |
| New Jersey | 24 | #347 | #254 |
| Louisiana | 14 | #358 | #372 |
| Oregon | 11 | #361 | #264 |
| Connecticut | 8 | #367 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | #373 | #348 |
| Oklahoma | 12 | #381 | #254 |
| Massachusetts | 13 | #390 | #308 |
| Virginia | 20 | #395 | #354 |
| Michigan | 22 | #399 | #442 |
| Utah | 11 | #422 | #350 |
| Kentucky | 11 | #437 | #395 |
| Iowa | 7 | #465 | #395 |
| South Carolina | 10 | #481 | #253 |
| Illinois | 21 | #493 | #233 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | #501 | #408 |
| Ohio | 21 | #503 | #394 |
| Indiana | 12 | #561 | #327 |
| Tennessee | 12 | #612 | #303 |
| Missouri | 8 | #678 | #315 |
| Alabama | 6 | #710 | #269 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,605 | 1,081 | #315 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,852 | 1,226 | #278 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,030 | 1,537 | #229 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,975 | 1,509 | #233 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,939 | 1,548 | #234 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,759 | 1,532 | #237 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,546 | 1,622 | #234 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,516 | 1,596 | #239 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,983 | 1,594 | #235 |
| 2016 | 52 | #3,154 | 1,679 | #232 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,905 | 1,582 | #240 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,945 | 1,541 | #242 |
| 2013 | 47 | #3,379 | 1,473 | #245 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,424 | 1,450 | #253 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,100 | 1,612 | #218 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,915 | 1,626 | #220 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,525 | 1,776 | #211 |
| 2008 | 49 | #3,398 | 1,832 | #210 |
| 2007 | 58 | #3,031 | 1,937 | #204 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,395 | 1,927 | #202 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,668 | 1,655 | #217 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,318 | 1,635 | #215 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,061 | 1,368 | #247 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,111 | 1,297 | #251 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,578 | 1,340 | #249 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,478 | 1,384 | #244 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,464 | 1,272 | #248 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,861 | 1,279 | #243 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,571 | 1,169 | #251 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,359 | 1,064 | #264 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,445 | 975 | #281 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,322 | 960 | #282 |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,074 | 913 | #300 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,360 | 902 | #297 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,705 | 848 | #304 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,937 | 791 | #319 |
| 1989 | — | — | 759 | #318 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,809 | 655 | #329 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,142 | 614 | #333 |
| 1986 | — | — | 616 | #325 |
| 1985 | — | — | 598 | #329 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,458 | 590 | #325 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,351 | 589 | #324 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,727 | 637 | #310 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,502 | 594 | #324 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,590 | 663 | #301 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,923 | 686 | #295 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,197 | 591 | #305 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,122 | 630 | #306 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,837 | 565 | #311 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,135 | 531 | #331 |
| 1974 | — | — | 529 | #330 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,921 | 474 | #352 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,613 | 486 | #350 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,791 | 470 | #373 |
| 1970 | — | — | 424 | #390 |
| 1969 | — | — | 357 | #418 |
| 1968 | — | — | 333 | #422 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,306 | 271 | #461 |
| 1966 | — | — | 291 | #452 |
| 1965 | — | — | 260 | #482 |
| 1964 | — | — | 246 | #502 |
| 1963 | — | — | 222 | #533 |
| 1962 | — | — | 229 | #527 |
| 1961 | — | — | 233 | #521 |
| 1960 | — | — | 232 | #520 |
| 1959 | — | — | 220 | #530 |
| 1958 | — | — | 228 | #512 |
| 1957 | — | — | 176 | #581 |
| 1956 | — | — | 197 | #534 |
| 1955 | — | — | 189 | #536 |
| 1954 | — | — | 163 | #578 |
| 1953 | — | — | 186 | #518 |
| 1952 | — | — | 178 | #525 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,747 | 173 | #520 |
| 1950 | — | — | 143 | #567 |
| 1949 | — | — | 146 | #557 |
| 1948 | — | — | 123 | #613 |
| 1947 | — | — | 112 | #654 |
| 1946 | — | — | 107 | #621 |
| 1945 | — | — | 82 | #666 |
| 1944 | — | — | 82 | #690 |
| 1943 | — | — | 90 | #676 |
| 1942 | — | — | 65 | #801 |
| 1941 | — | — | 84 | #667 |
| 1940 | — | — | 74 | #706 |
| 1939 | — | — | 74 | #691 |
| 1938 | — | — | 84 | #654 |
| 1937 | — | — | 70 | #725 |
| 1936 | — | — | 80 | #657 |
| 1935 | — | — | 80 | #665 |
| 1934 | — | — | 73 | #720 |
| 1933 | — | — | 74 | #700 |
| 1932 | — | — | 66 | #783 |
| 1931 | — | — | 73 | #713 |
| 1930 | — | — | 101 | #613 |
| 1929 | — | — | 79 | #697 |
| 1928 | — | — | 72 | #765 |
| 1927 | — | — | 100 | #633 |
| 1926 | — | — | 94 | #652 |
| 1925 | — | — | 103 | #619 |
| 1924 | — | — | 105 | #623 |
| 1923 | — | — | 118 | #578 |
| 1922 | — | — | 162 | #484 |
| 1921 | — | — | 142 | #523 |
| 1920 | — | — | 135 | #525 |
| 1919 | — | — | 129 | #524 |
| 1918 | — | — | 162 | #465 |
| 1917 | — | — | 143 | #480 |
| 1916 | — | — | 120 | #522 |
| 1915 | — | — | 137 | #470 |
| 1914 | — | — | 100 | #488 |
| 1913 | — | — | 116 | #398 |
| 1912 | — | — | 75 | #457 |
| 1911 | — | — | 40 | #464 |
| 1910 | — | — | 29 | #527 |
| 1909 | — | — | 27 | #497 |
| 1908 | — | — | 24 | #517 |
| 1907 | — | — | 19 | #572 |
| 1906 | — | — | 19 | #532 |
| 1905 | — | — | 19 | #536 |
| 1904 | — | — | 30 | #373 |
| 1903 | — | — | 14 | #602 |
| 1902 | — | — | 24 | #420 |
| 1901 | — | — | 14 | #544 |
| 1900 | — | — | 20 | #543 |
| 1899 | — | — | 12 | #598 |
| 1898 | — | — | 17 | #514 |
| 1897 | — | — | 11 | #665 |
| 1896 | — | — | 27 | #375 |
| 1895 | — | — | 15 | #541 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #609 |
| 1893 | — | — | 14 | #520 |
| 1892 | — | — | 20 | #431 |
| 1891 | — | — | 18 | #422 |
| 1890 | — | — | 18 | #428 |
| 1889 | — | — | 20 | #409 |
| 1888 | — | — | 23 | #391 |
| 1887 | — | — | 15 | #441 |
| 1886 | — | — | 17 | #441 |
| 1885 | — | — | 22 | #382 |
| 1884 | — | — | 25 | #355 |
| 1883 | — | — | 18 | #422 |
| 1882 | — | — | 22 | #381 |
| 1881 | — | — | 23 | #344 |
| 1880 | — | — | 17 | #434 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).