boys:
2.7k births since 1978
#2435 (47th percentile)
overall:
2.7k births since 1978
#5192 (33rd percentile)
The name Isael is the #5,192 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,685 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 32.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,435 (46.9% percentile) for all time with 2,685 births since 1978.
Isael first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (first recorded for boys in 1978). Birth data for Isael is available in 42 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Isael reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 21.3% percentile (ranked #717) with 109 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 109 births per million (ranked 21.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Isael is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #717 (21.3% percentile) with 109 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Isael".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Isael", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 13 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Israel" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Israel..
Our model has identified 20 different pronunciations for the name Isael. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 16.3% confident that Isael is pronounced as ih-ZAYL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ih-SAYL, at 14.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like IH0 Z EY1 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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