How Many People Are Named Ishmail?
An estimated 203 people in the United States have the first name Ishmail. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 28 years old, and Ishmail peaked in popularity in 1995 with 13 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ishmail as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ishmail paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
203
About 1 in 1,688,445 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
28
years old
Peak Year
1995
13 births
Total Registered
208
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ishmail
Ishmail is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 208 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Ishmail as a male name
Ranked #11,334 in 2012
6 male births in 2012
Peak: 1995 (13 births)
Ishmail: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ishmail span from the 1970s to the 2010s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 94 babies were registered. Ishmail has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Ishmail by Decade
How has Ishmail tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ishmail + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ishmail as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Ishmail: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ishmail?
We estimate approximately 203 people named Ishmail are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,688,445 Americans share this first name.
Is Ishmail a common name?
Ishmail is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 208 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ishmail most popular?
Ishmail reached peak popularity in 1995, when 13 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ishmail is approximately 28 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ishmail a male name?
Ishmail is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ishmail Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ishmail Smith, Ishmail Johnson, Ishmail Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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