Ismael is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “God will hear.” In 2024 it was given to 1,532 boys in the United States.
Ismael belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “God will hear” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ismael first appears in Social Security records in 1903. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #234 in 2024, and in 2024 1,532 babies received the name — 42,900 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ismael means “God will hear” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ismael is a boy name. In 2024, 1,532 babies received the name in the US.
Ismael comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Ismael first appears in US records in 1903. Its best-ever ranking was #234 in 2024, and 1,532 babies were given the name in 2024.
Ismael is pronounced /ˈɪzmeɪ.əl/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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