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How popular is the name Ismaeel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ismaeels are alive today.
Ismaeel (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 487th in 2025 with 79 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2016, when 136 babies were given the name, the 344th most popular that year. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
The Ismaeel you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Ismaeels born in England and Wales are between 7 and 19, and there are at least 2,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ismaeel - on average, only one in every 138 such rooms contains a Ismaeel.
How many babies are named Ismaeel each year?
Where does Ismaeel rank among boys' names?
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 Ismaeel most popular?
Ismaeel peaked in 2016, when 136 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ismaeel?
At least 2,200 people named Ismaeel born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ismaeel?
Most living Ismaeels are between 7 and 19; the most common age is about 9.
Is Ismaeel becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.