Ismaël

Meaning and origin of Ismaël

Popularity of Ismaël in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Ismaël has been rising (+4.7% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Ismaël every 2.4 schools, all spellings combined.

Ismaël in English-speaking countries

Ismaël ranks 245^th in United States, against 59^th in France.

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  245^th boys’ name4,267 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,205+10.4% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  719^th boys’ name144 babies in 3 years1 boy in 5,739+0.1% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  1,077^th boys’ name25 babies in 3 years1 boy in 6,798

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Ismaël, Ismael and Ismaél are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Ismael760
• Ismaél5
• Ysmaël (in French)20

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Ismaël

• Ibrahim
• Tiago
• Samuel
• Eliott
• Yanis
• Mathéo
• Ismaïl
• Ilyas
• Youssef
• Imran
• Mattéo
• Rafael

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin
• 58^thTop 100 French boy names