Ismael

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ismael: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #604 in 2018, and it stood at #702 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#604highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1010
1998	#1263
1999	#973
2000	#651
2001	#910
2002	#950
2003	#945
2004	#815
2005	#827
2006	#814
2007	#764
2008	#803
2009	#724
2010	#678
2011	#759
2012	#821
2013	#751
2014	#684
2015	#727
2016	#774
2017	#730
2018	#604
2019	#678
2020	#706
2021	#751
2022	#784
2023	#645
2024	#702

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.

In 2021: #631 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #751 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1235 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: #604 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #702 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ismael 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 Ismael in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	49	4 of 10	12
2000s	281	10 of 10	28
2010s	460	10 of 10	46
2020sbusiest	239	5 of 10	48

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 48 births a year.

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

Ismael appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #604 in England and Wales in 2018.

Ismael'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	#702	51	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#645	55	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#784	41	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#751	45	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#706	47	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#678	50	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#604	60	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#730	47	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#774	42	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#727	45	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#684	48	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#751	43	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#821	38	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#759	41	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#678	46	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#724	41	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#803	35	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#764	36	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#814	31	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#827	28	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#815	26	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#945	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#950	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#910	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#651	28	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#973	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1010	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #604, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 60 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 25 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Ismaaeel · #2142, 11y
Ismaeel · #344, 29y
Ismah · #1305, 28y
Ismail · #218, 68y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Felipe · #604, 30y
Ron · #604, 27y
Shaheer · #604, 26y
Armani · #605, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Felipe · #604, 30y
Ron · #604, 27y
Shaheer · #604, 26y
Sumaiya · #604, 29y

Ismael was ranked #604 in England and Wales · Boys in 2018. 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.

Ismael 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 Ismael without appearing here.

Ismael moved ahead of

Barry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #815 and #815 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #827 and #1617.
Shannon Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1235 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1010 and #1761.
Wayne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #678 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #759 and #1303.
Graham Compare
In 2003 they stood at #945 and #695 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #815 and #1347.

Moved ahead of Ismael

Ollie Compare
In 2000 they stood at #651 and #673 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #910 and #482.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #814 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #764 and #538.
Magnus Compare
In 2009 they stood at #724 and #737 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #678 and #589.
Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #945 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #815 and #731.

Moved the opposite way to Ismael

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismael went from #1235 to #702 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismael went from #1235 to #702 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismael went from #1235 to #702 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismael went from #1235 to #702 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Ismael

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismael went from #1235 to #702 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismael went from #1235 to #702 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismael went from #1235 to #702 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ismael went from #1235 to #702 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #604 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Ismael by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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