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How popular is the name Ismah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ismahs are alive today.
Ismah (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Isma in England and Wales, ranked 1892nd in 2025 and given to 15 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 18 babies were given the name, the 1649th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2020, with 17 babies given the name that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Isma you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Ismas born in England and Wales are between 10 and 25, and there are at least 830 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Isma - on average, only one in every 380 such rooms contains a Isma.
How many babies are named Ismah each year?
Includes all spellings: Ismah, Isma. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Ismah spelling rank?
Where does the Isma spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ismah most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Isma, peaked in 2012, when 49 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Ismah spelling itself peaked in 2012, with 18 babies.
How many people are called Ismah?
At least 830 people named Ismah in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ismah?
Most living Ismahs are between 10 and 25; the most common age is about 14.
Is Ismah becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.