Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ishmail” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ishmail” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ishmail” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ishmail” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ishmail” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ishmail” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ishmail” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ishmail” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1971 5 0.000001457 5 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 -100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 -100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 -100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 -100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 -100%
2008 13 0.000003307 13 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%

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  8. Ishman
  9. Ishmeal
  10. Ishmeet
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