Name meaning & stats
Ismail
Ismail (Arabic origin). 4,022 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Arabic
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
4,022 US babies were named Ismail between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Ismail (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 12 Ismaels spell it Ismail
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)