Ishmael

6 variations

boys:

7.4k births since 1880

#1202 (69th percentile)

overall:

7.4k births since 1880

#2482 (60th percentile)

Popularity of Ishmael's 6 Variations

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the 6 variations of "Ishmael". These 6 different ways to spell Ishmael have been grouped together based on pronunciation by a model that updates daily in response to your feedback.

1880 2023 18802023

This table provides detailed name popularity stats for 6 spelling variations of Ishmael based on Social Security card applications in the United States. Alternate spellings are only included if they were used at least 5 times in a single year.

This table can be sorted by clicking on the column headers.

6,549
158
1997
1880
18.6%
12.5%
#202
#797
301
14
1997
1916
1.1%
#498
297
12
2000
1916
0.9%
#502
208
13
1995
1971
1.0%
#661
22
6
1922
1922
0.2%
#525
19
9
1991
1991
0.5%
#756

The popularity percentiles and rank data in the table above are computed for each spelling variation individually, compared against all other individual spellings. This is different from the header on this page and our ranking pages, which compare popularity of the grouped spellings as a whole.

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All Spelling Variations of Ishmael

The 6 different ways to spell Ishmael, sorted by popularity: