Ishmail is a very rare variant of Ishmael that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.
Ishmail is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2012. Ishmail was first reported in SSA data in 1971 and peaked in 1995 (13 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | #11,335 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | #10,033 |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 | #8,570 |
| 2008 | 13 | 13 | #6,548 |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | #8,465 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | #9,038 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | #12,117 |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 | #7,778 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 | #7,483 |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | #6,252 |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | #8,548 |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | #8,194 |
| 1998 | 10 | 10 | #6,003 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | #7,594 |
| 1996 | 10 | — | #5,710 |
| 1995 | 13 | — | #4,626 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | #4,913 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | #5,939 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | #5,385 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | #5,687 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | #6,717 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | #7,151 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | #5,940 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | #5,289 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #5,236 |