Israel

girls:

1.6k births since 1951

#4196 (27th percentile)

boys:

68.9k births since 1880

#396 (91st percentile)

overall:

70.5k births since 1880

#865 (89th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Israel".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
1,554
Peak Births
69
Peak Year
2019
First Recorded
1951
Peak Percentile
6.8%
Current Percentile
5.2%
Peak Rank
#699
Current Rank
#898
Female statistics
Total Births
68,896
Peak Births
1,936
Peak Year
2006
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
77.2%
Current Percentile
75.3%
Peak Rank
#168
Current Rank
#226
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Israel

Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Israel. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 32.7% confident that Israel is pronounced as IHZ-rayl. The next most likely pronunciation is IHZ-ree-uhl, at 27.3% confidence.

IHZ-rayl (2 syllables)
Verified
32.7% confidence
IH1 Z R EY0 L
IHZ-ree-uhl (3 syllables)
Verified
27.3% confidence
IH1 Z R IY0 AH0 L
IHZ-ruhl (2 syllables)
5.5% confidence
IH1 Z R AH0 L
IHZ-REE-uhl (3 syllables)
3.6% confidence
IH1 Z R IY1 AH0 L
ihz-RUH-ehl (3 syllables)
3.6% confidence
IH0 Z R AH1 EH0 L
ihz-REE-uhl (3 syllables)
3.6% confidence
IH0 Z R IY1 AH0 L
IHZ-reel (2 syllables)
3.6% confidence
IH1 Z R IY0 L
EEZ-ruhl (2 syllables)
3.6% confidence
IY1 Z R AH0 L

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Israel. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Israel, please vote using the thumbs up button.

IHZ-ree-ehl (3 syllables)
6 names 110 births
IH1 Z R IY0 EH0 L
IHZ-RAY-uhl (3 syllables)
3 names 75 births
IH1 Z R EY1 AH0 L

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like IH1 Z R EY0 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.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.