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Baby name
Ismael
Boy
Origin of the name
Ismael comes from the Hebrew Yishma'el, “God hears.” In the Bible, Ishmael is the son of Abraham and Hagar.
Rising name
44,216births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 234rank at its peak, in 2024
Where babies named Ismael are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Ismael is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Ismael is most common in Arizona (3.4 times), Texas (3.2) and California (3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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