Is Yisrael a boy or girl name?

Yisrael is a boy’s name. Of the 1,560 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Name Legacy

Yisrael

Recorded 1976–2025 · United States

Yisrael was most popular in 2024, when 83 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,045 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,741, with 64 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,560 people named Yisrael.

Yisrael over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yisrael’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yisrael a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yisrael is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,560 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Yisrael

Where Yisrael is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org