Ishmael
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About Ishmael
Variation of Ishmael
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,267 | 141 | 73.4 |
| 2015 | #1,225 | 150 | 78.3 |
| 2016 | #1,352 | 132 | 69.6 |
| 2017 | #1,183 | 158 | 85.4 |
| 2018 | #1,311 | 139 | 76.5 |
| 2019 | #1,299 | 143 | 79.7 |
| 2020 | #1,272 | 144 | 83.4 |
| 2021 | #1,311 | 143 | 81.7 |
| 2022 | #1,733 | 97 | 55.6 |
| 2023 | #1,491 | 120 | 70.2 |
| 2024 | #1,498 | 119 | 69.1 |
| 2025 | #1,469 | 121 | 70.8 |
World rankings
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Famous Ishmaels
- Ishmael
son of Abraham; half brother of Isaac
- Ishmael
son of Azel, descendant of King Saul's son, Jonathan ( 1 Chr. 8:38)
- Ishmael
father of Zebadiah the ruler of the house of Judah (2 Chr. 19:11)
- Ishmael
son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, Judean royalty and captain (2 Kings 25:23, 25)
- Ishmael
captain of hundreds, son of Jehohanan (2 Chr. 23:1)
- Ishmael
who took a foreign wife; of the sons of Pashur (Ezra 10:22)
- Ishmael Scott Reed
American poet and novelist
- Ishmael Anthony Miller
British footballer
- Ishmael Houston
Jones, American dancer and choreographer
- Ishmael Bernal
Filipino film director
- Ishmael Beah
Sierra Leonean former child soldier and human rights activist
Ishmael in pop culture
- Ishmael
narrator of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick"
- Ishmael
character in film "Kingpin"
- Ishmael
book by Daniel Quinn about a telepathic gorilla named Ishmael
- Ishmael
character in A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Variations & nicknames
- MelitoSpanish
- YsmaelSpanish
- IsamelSpanish
- IchmaëlFrench
- IsmaëlFrench
- EsmaelSpanish
- IsmealArabic
- IsmâïlFrench
- IsmaelSpanish
- IshmaelSpanish
- IsmeilArabic
- IsmailArabic
