Yisrael
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,207 for boys
Yisrael is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,207th for boys in the US (64 babies).
What does Yisrael mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Yisrael a girl's or a boy's name?
Yisrael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yisrael in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 5 boys.
Yisrael in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Yisrael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 64 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 64 boys in the US were named Yisrael, making it the 2,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,167th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 83 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Yisrael in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yisrael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,207 |
| 2024 | 83 | #1,902 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,096 |
| 2022 | 77 | #1,980 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,348 |
| 2020 | 64 | #2,167 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,000 |
| 2018 | 74 | #1,980 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,108 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,066 |
| 2015 | 57 | #2,299 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,152 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,204 |
| 2012 | 49 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 55 | #2,316 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 2009 | 45 | #2,701 |
| 2008 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 44 | #2,658 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
Names like Yisrael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Hamza, Yusuf, Yahya, Zakariya, Abdullah, Ahmed, Zayan, Zayd, Eesa
Names related to Yisrael
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Yisrael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yisrael, updated 20 October 2026.