Names / Boy names
Yisrael
Current rank
#2,227
holding steady
All-time peak
#1,920
in 2024
First recorded
1976
in U.S. data
Children named
1,500
since 1976
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,920 in 2024 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
One who wrestles with God. Stateside, it enters U.S. records in 1976. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. More than 1,500 children have been given the name overall.