Isreal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- IZ-ree-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Isreal is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he struggles with God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Isreal mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Israel
“he struggles with God”
In Genesis, Jacob is renamed Israel after wrestling through the night with a divine stranger.
Is Isreal a girl's or a boy's name?
Isreal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Isreal in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 boys.
Isreal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
How popular is Isreal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,847th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Isreal, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 121 boys.
Half of all the boys named Isreal in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,180 boys in the US were given Isreal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #297, up from #3,847 for this spelling alone.
Isreal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 55 | #2,440 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 53 | #2,498 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,309 |
| 2018 | 45 | #2,707 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,207 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,234 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,249 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 75 | #1,865 |
| 2010 | 69 | #1,985 |
| 2009 | 94 | #1,664 |
| 2008 | 116 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 116 | #1,405 |
| 2006 | 121 | #1,345 |
| 2005 | 107 | #1,389 |
| 2004 | 75 | #1,698 |
| 2003 | 78 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,042 |
| 2001 | 78 | #1,539 |
| 2000 | 94 | #1,350 |
| 1999 | 74 | #1,514 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,389 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,435 |
| 1996 | 64 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | 67 | #1,451 |
| 1994 | 67 | #1,430 |
| 1993 | 47 | #1,787 |
| 1992 | 62 | #1,467 |
| 1991 | 57 | #1,522 |
| 1990 | 42 | #1,835 |
| 1989 | 44 | #1,728 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,666 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,285 |
| 1985 | 49 | #1,388 |
| 1984 | 41 | #1,506 |
| 1983 | 36 | #1,630 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,595 |
| 1981 | 50 | #1,309 |
| 1980 | 43 | #1,449 |
| 1979 | 45 | #1,390 |
| 1978 | 46 | #1,352 |
| 1977 | 41 | #1,431 |
| 1976 | 62 | #1,056 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,146 |
| 1974 | 40 | #1,351 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,068 |
| 1972 | 44 | #1,249 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,109 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,614 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,569 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,483 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,699 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,580 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,502 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,407 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,903 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 22 | #1,582 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,629 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,358 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,168 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,741 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,644 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,760 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,561 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,643 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,694 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,766 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,264 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,552 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,491 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,256 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 9 | #738 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 9 | #640 |
Names like Isreal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gabriel, Isaac, Nathaniel, Isaiah, Elijah, Samuel, Noah, Raphael, Elias, Jacob, Zachary, Benjamin
Other spellings of Isreal
Names related to Isreal
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Ethan, Daniel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana, Joseph, Adam, Michael
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Isreal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/isreal, updated 20 October 2026.