Ismail is a boy's name of Arabic origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 163 boys in the United States.
Ismail belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Ismail first appears in Social Security records in 1962. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1131 in 2016, and in 2024 163 babies received the name — 3,818 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Ismail is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Arabic origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Ismail is a boy name. In 2024, 163 babies received the name in the US.
Ismail comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Ismail first appears in US records in 1962. Its best-ever ranking was #1131 in 2016, and 163 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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