Boy
Ishmael
Ishmael is a boy's name, a rare find in the registry, that has stayed remarkably steady since peaking in the 1990s.
HebrewHebrew
EtymologyMeaning "God will hear"
Births by decade
1900s
17
1910s
296
1920s
321
1930s
223
1940s
146
1950s
164
1960s
155
1970s
372
1980s
538
1990s
1,233
2000s
1,204
2010s
1,066
Peaked in the 1990s · 5,735 total U.S. births since 1900