Israel Boy
How popular is Israel?
#315 boy name in 2025
1,081 baby boys were named Israel in the US in 2025, making it the 315th most popular boy name. Another 42 girls got the name (#3,576 for girls).
Israel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #315 for boys (▼ 37 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,081 boys, 42 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #240 in 2015, #237 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (1,937 boys) |
| Highest rank | #202 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 96% boys, 4% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Israel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Israel family of names ranked #296 for boys in 2025 (#272 the year before), with 1,142 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Israel | 1,081 | 95% |
| Izrael | 56 | 5% |
| Isrrael | 5 | 0% |
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 Israel is most popular
Babies named Israel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 2.1 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- New Mexico: 2.1 per 1,000 (68 boys)
- Arizona: 1.5 per 1,000 (240 boys)
- Texas: 1.4 per 1,000 (1,250 boys)
- California: 1.3 per 1,000 (1,220 boys)
Israel by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 202 | #342 |
| 1890s | 164 | #367 |
| 1900s | 210 | #368 |
| 1910s | 1,051 | #396 |
| 1920s | 1,110 | #483 |
| 1930s | 775 | #610 |
| 1940s | 965 | #554 |
| 1950s | 1,853 | #510 |
| 1960s | 2,674 | #418 |
| 1970s | 5,386 | #295 |
| 1980s | 6,315 | #301 |
| 1990s | 10,173 | #243 |
| 2000s | 16,151 | #202 |
| 2010s | 15,775 | #218 |
| 2020s | 8,433 | #229 |
Boy names about as popular as Israel
Questions
- Is Israel a boy or girl name?
- Israel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 96% of babies named Israel were boys.
- How popular is the name Israel?
- 1,081 baby boys were named Israel in the US in 2025, making it the 315th most popular boy name. Another 42 girls got the name (#3,576 for girls).
- When was Israel most popular?
- Israel peaked in 2007, when 1,937 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #202 in 2006.
- How many people are named Israel?
- 72,874 babies have been named Israel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 66,488 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Israel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Israel was most common in Hawaii, at 2.1 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.