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Israel

As a boy's name, Israel is understood to mean "he who struggles with God". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

HebrewHebrew
EtymologyMeaning "he who struggles with God"
Births by decade
1900s
210
1910s
1,051
1920s
1,110
1930s
776
1940s
964
1950s
1,856
1960s
2,680
1970s
5,446
1980s
6,382
1990s
10,449
2000s
16,522
2010s
12,886
Peaked in the 2000s · 60,332 total U.S. births since 1900