Boy
Ismael
Ismael is a boy's name meaning "Spanish/Arabic form of Ishmael", drawing on Spanish roots. It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2000s than ever before. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. 2006 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
SpanishSpanish/Arabic form of Ishmael
HebrewHebrew – "God will hear"
Births by decade
1900s
5
1910s
114
1920s
379
1930s
568
1940s
816
1950s
1,682
1960s
2,209
1970s
3,261
1980s
4,272
1990s
6,753
2000s
8,932
2010s
6,309
Peaked in the 2000s · 35,300 total U.S. births since 1900