Ishmel
Boy · ISH-mel · Hebrew
Ishmel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God hears”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ishmel mean?
Hebrew: variant of Ishmael
“God hears”
Variant of Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar in the Bible.
- Say it
- ISH-mel
Is Ishmel a girl's or a boy's name?
Ishmel is a boys' name.
How popular is Ishmel in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Ishmel in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ishmel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
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