Ismail

Boy · recorded 1962–2025

  • #1,064in 2025
  • 1 in 8,372boys in 2025
  • +45%last ten years
  • 3.2×in New York

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 45% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1962

06011919621978199420092025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 58 recorded years as a table
Ismail, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19622
19644
19704
19713
19726
19735
19744
19759
197610
197712
197815
197917
198017
198112
198214
198317
198411
19859
198610
198713
198815
198916
199020
199128
199218
199329
199426
199527
199628
199734
199836
199934
200035
200141
200244
200343
200440
200535
200650
200749
200842
200952
201049
201163
201261
201371
201471
201582
201690
201780
201887
201964
202075
202169
202270
202377
202495
2025119

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New York 3.2×
  2. New Jersey 2.8×
  3. Virginia 2.3×
  4. Illinois 2.3×
  5. California 1.2×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
204
Rank in 2025
#1,064
How rare
1 in 8,372 boys
Since 1962
4,022

Most popular in 2025, at 119 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 45% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New York3.2×80
New Jersey2.8×33
Virginia2.3×25
Illinois2.3×33
California1.2×60

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.