Isael Boy
How popular is Isael?
#988 boy name in 2025
231 baby boys were named Isael in the US in 2025, making it the 988th most popular boy name.
Isael popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #988 for boys (▼ 46 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 231 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+208% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,931 in 2015, #1,423 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (244 boys) |
| Highest rank | #942 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1978 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Isael counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Isael family of names ranked #519 for boys in 2025 (#518 the year before), with 567 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Isael | 231 | 41% |
| Izael | 336 | 59% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Isael is most popular
Babies named Isael per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.4 per 1,000 (71 boys)
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (268 boys)
- Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (235 boys)
- Colorado: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Kansas: 0.2 per 1,000 (11 boys)
Isael by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1980s | 69 | #3,255 |
| 1990s | 288 | #1,738 |
| 2000s | 849 | #1,412 |
| 2010s | 820 | #1,562 |
| 2020s | 1,133 | #942 |
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Questions
- Is Isael a boy or girl name?
- Isael is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Isael were boys.
- How popular is the name Isael?
- 231 baby boys were named Isael in the US in 2025, making it the 988th most popular boy name.
- When was Isael most popular?
- Isael peaked in 2024, when 244 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #942 in 2024.
- How many people are named Isael?
- 3,164 babies have been named Isael in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,131 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Isael most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Isael was most common in Arizona, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.