Izrael

Gender: Boy
Say it: IZ-ree-el
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #2,421 for boys

Izrael is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he struggles with God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,421st for boys in the US (56 babies).

What does Izrael mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Israel

“he struggles with God”

Is Izrael a girl's or a boy's name?

Izrael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 56 boys in the US.

How popular is Izrael in the US?

Rank in 2025: 2,421st among boys
Babies in 2025: 56 about 1 in 30,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steady up 14% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 56 boys in the US were named Izrael, making it the 2,421st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,322nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 90 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994. 5 girls were also named Izrael in 2025 (14,937th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Izrael in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,180 boys in the US were given Izrael or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #297, up from #2,421 for this spelling alone.

Israel 1,081
Izrael 56
Isreal 28
Izreal 10
Isrrael 5

1994Busiest: 90 in 20232025

Izrael in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	56	#2,421
2024	52	#2,559
2023	90	#1,787
2022	70	#2,116
2021	61	#2,276
2020	58	#2,322
2019	69	#2,080
2018	47	#2,634
2017	68	#2,049
2016	60	#2,228
2015	55	#2,354
2014	35	#3,152
2013	34	#3,187
2012	49	#2,516
2011	48	#2,546
2010	55	#2,323
2009	39	#2,990
2008	60	#2,206
2007	42	#2,810
2006	32	#3,304
2005	22	#4,057
2004	30	#3,213
2003	25	#3,523
2002	11	#6,081
2001	9	#6,928
2000	13	#5,290
1999	19	#3,829
1998	10	#5,834
1997	7	#7,275
1996	10	#5,528
1995	0	–
1994	7	#6,962