Israel
Israel is ranked 279th among boys in 2024 (1,220 births). Its best rank was 202nd, in 2006.
- Rank in 2024
- #279down 50 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,2200.07% of boys
- Peak year
- 20071,936 births
- Best rank
- #202in 2006
- Since 1880
- 71,727people given the name
The story in the numbers
70,134 boys have been named Israel in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 1,936 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 242 → 279).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 23%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,593 girls have also been given it, 2.2% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Israel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 202 | |
| 1890s | 164 | |
| 1900s | 210 | |
| 1910s | 1,051 | |
| 1920s | 1,110 | |
| 1930s | 775 | |
| 1940s | 965 | |
| 1950s | 1,852 | |
| 1960s | 2,673 | |
| 1970s | 5,385 | |
| 1980s | 6,314 | |
| 1990s | 10,172 | |
| 2000s | 16,150 | |
| 2010s | 15,771 | |
| 2020s | 7,340 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Israel was the 204th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Israel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Adrianpeak 2008
- Obedpeak 2005
- Estebanpeak 2005
- Vladimirpeak 2016
- Markopeak 2006
- Zachpeak 2007
- Lukepeak 2014
- Jacobopeak 2023
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.