Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Israel

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Israel
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2007

Peak rank proxy

1,936

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20072024

Peak year

2007

Decline from peak

37%

2024

1,220

All-time

70,134

Israel has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2007, when 1,936 boys were named Israel.

In 2024, only 1,220 boys were given the name.

Down 37% from its peak.

All told, about 70,134 Americans have been named Israel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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