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Baby name
Israel
Boy
Origin of the name
Israel comes from the Hebrew Yisra'el, translated as “God prevails” or “he who struggles with God.” In the Bible, it is the name given to Jacob after his struggle with the angel.
Classic name
71,237births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 204rank at its peak, in 2007
Where babies named Israel are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Israel is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Israel is most common in Texas (2.9 times), Arizona (2.6) and New Mexico (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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