# Ismael name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/ismael
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Ismael ranked #263 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #259.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #263
- Birth count: 1,307
- Rate per 10,000: 7.65

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Ismael
- Rank: #259
- Birth count: 1,336
- Rate per 10,000: 7.82
- Official count multiplier: 1.02x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.04
- Expected per school of 300: 0.12
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 3.9%

## Trend
- Label: recently peaked
- Peak rate year: 2024
- Best rank year: 2024
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 86.7%

## Spelling components
- Ismael: 1,307 births
- Ismaeel: 29 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology