Ismaeel

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ismaeel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ismaeel: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #344 in 2016, and it stood at #403 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#344highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#914
1998	#644
1999	#697
2000	#651
2001	#484
2002	#656
2003	#546
2004	#487
2005	#438
2006	#433
2007	#465
2008	#471
2009	#535
2010	#503
2011	#507
2012	#478
2013	#412
2014	#417
2015	#393
2016	#344
2017	#373
2018	#384
2019	#441
2020	#410
2021	#439
2022	#500
2023	#439
2024	#403

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #344 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #403 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ismaeel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ismaeel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	78	4 of 10	20
2000s	548	10 of 10	55
2010sbusiest	990	10 of 10	99
2020s	463	5 of 10	93

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 99 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2015 and 2016, when recorded births rose by 28, from 108 to 136.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ismaeel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #344 in England and Wales in 2016.

Ismaeel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#403	101	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#439	90	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#500	78	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#439	95	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#410	99	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#441	93	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#384	113	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#373	123	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#344	136	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#393	108	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#417	98	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#412	98	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#478	80	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#507	71	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#503	70	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#535	63	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#471	75	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#465	73	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#433	76	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#438	65	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#487	54	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#546	42	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#656	30	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#484	42	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#651	28	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#697	24	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#644	27	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#914	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #344, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 136 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#403position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
136births registered in its largest year, 2016100 to 199 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Isma · #965, 29y
Ismaaeel · #2142, 11y
Ismael · #604, 29y
Ismah · #1305, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Chandler · #342, 24y
Nikhil · #346, 29y
Shivani · #342, 29y
Aleeza · #347, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Carlie · #344, 24y
Kiah · #344, 28y
Uzair · #344, 30y
Vinny · #344, 30y

Ismaeel was ranked #344 in England and Wales · Boys in 2016. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ismaeel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ismaeel without appearing here.

Ismaeel moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1168 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #914 and #1761.
Graeme Compare
In 1997 they stood at #914 and #874 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #644 and #1367.
Fionn Compare
In 1997 they stood at #914 and #600 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #644 and #1263.
Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #656 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #546 and #1132.

Moved ahead of Ismaeel

Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #471 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #535 and #311.
Cooper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #465 and #509 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #471 and #430.
Magnus Compare
In 2018 they stood at #384 and #414 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #441 and #403.
Hudson Compare
In 2008 they stood at #471 and #538 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #535 and #498.

Moved the opposite way to Ismaeel

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismaeel went from #1168 to #403 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismaeel went from #1168 to #403 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismaeel went from #1168 to #403 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismaeel went from #1168 to #403 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Ismaeel

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismaeel went from #1168 to #403 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismaeel went from #1168 to #403 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismaeel went from #1168 to #403 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismaeel went from #1168 to #403 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #344 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ismaeel

Ismaeel at a glance

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Popularity journey

Ismaeel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ismaeel at a glance

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