The name Israel is of Hebrew origin, and means contender with God.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Israel has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Israel
Use of the Name Israel for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
37,744
32,438
23,383
12,686
6,949
2,945
1,594
The table below indicates the number of times the name Israel has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Israel
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
434
17
1881
344
23
1882
383
22
1883
422
18
1884
355
25
1885
382
22
1886
441
17
1887
442
15
1888
391
23
1889
409
20
1890
428
18
1891
422
18
1892
431
20
1893
520
14
1894
609
12
1895
541
15
1896
375
27
1897
666
11
1898
514
17
1899
598
12
1900
545
20
1901
545
14
1902
420
24
1903
601
14
1904
373
30
1905
536
19
1906
532
19
1907
572
19
1908
518
24
1909
510
26
1910
542
28
1911
464
40
1912
461
74
1913
395
117
1914
489
99
1915
471
137
1916
523
119
1917
480
143
1918
464
163
1919
525
129
1920
526
135
1921
524
141
1922
485
161
1923
574
119
1924
633
104
1925
620
103
1926
657
93
1927
625
101
1928
746
74
1929
704
78
1930
613
100
1931
719
72
1932
765
68
1933
686
75
1934
719
73
1935
674
79
1936
656
80
1937
722
70
1938
651
84
1939
688
75
1940
697
75
1941
677
82
1942
794
66
1943
676
90
1944
690
82
1945
668
80
1946
626
105
1947
654
111
1948
611
124
1949
558
145
1950
566
143
1951
516
173
1952
525
177
1953
518
184
1954
584
160
1955
535
189
1956
530
198
1957
577
180
1958
511
228
1959
535
217
1960
524
232
1961
523
231
1962
526
230
1963
532
222
1964
505
241
1965
483
259
1966
452
292
1967
462
268
1968
420
334
1969
418
359
1970
389
425
1971
373
467
1972
350
487
1973
352
474
1974
330
528
1975
330
530
1976
311
564
1977
306
629
1978
306
584
1979
295
687
1980
301
660
1981
323
592
1982
310
636
1983
324
590
1984
325
590
1985
332
594
1986
324
616
1987
333
613
1988
331
649
1989
317
757
1990
318
793
1991
304
844
1992
297
901
1993
301
908
1994
283
954
1995
282
971
1996
264
1,059
1997
251
1,166
1998
243
1,276
1999
249
1,265
2000
244
1,378
2001
250
1,336
2002
251
1,290
2003
247
1,351
2004
215
1,594
Totals:
37,744
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Israel as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.