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How popular is the name Ismael?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ismaels are alive today.
Ismael (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Ismail in England and Wales, ranked 845th in 2025 with 38 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2018, when 60 babies were given the name, the 604th most popular that year. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ismail you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Ismails born in England and Wales are between 8 and 22, and there are at least 6,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 2.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Ismail.
How many babies are named Ismael each year?
Includes all spellings: Ismael, Ismail. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Ismael spelling rank?
Where does the Ismail 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 Ismael most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Ismail, peaked in 2018, when 260 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Ismael spelling itself peaked in 2018, with 60 babies.
How many people are called Ismael?
At least 6,400 people named Ismael in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ismael?
Most living Ismaels are between 8 and 22; the most common age is about 8.
Is Ismael becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.