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Yisrael

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~1,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,207 among boys
Births in 2025
64 1,560 since 1880
Typical age
11 years, median

Yisrael popularity over time

Yisrael rank by birth year, 1976–2025Yisrael ranked #4,418 in 1976 and #2,207 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,902, in 2024.#2,20719801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1976–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Yisrael was used most in 2024, when 83 babies were given the name. 1976 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. As of 2025 the name sits at #2,207, with 64 births that year.

It slipped 305 places against the previous year.

Babies named Yisrael per yearPeaks at 83 births in 2024.83 in 2024019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Yisrael?

Roughly 1,500 Yisraels are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 1,560 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Yisrael?

Half of living Yisraels are older than 11, half younger. The 2010s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Yisrael a current name.

Your Yisrael

Ages of living people named YisraelHalf of living Yisraels are older than 11 and half younger.median 1102040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Yisrael is most common

Relative to births, New Jersey carries 10.8× the national share of Yisraels.

Where Yisrael is used more than average2 states use the name Yisrael more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 6.4× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 10.8× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Yisrael is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 167 10.8×
New York 224 6.4×

Where the name Yisrael comes from

Variant of Israel.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Yisrael

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Yisrael Bar-Yehuda Israeli politician 1895–1965 10
Yisrael Katz Israeli politician, former Minister of Labor and Social Welfare 1927–2010 9
Yisrael Guri Israeli politician 1893–1965 9
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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