Yisroel
Yisroel is a name with a single cultural origin: Yiddish.
- Yiddish
Meaning & Origin of Yisroel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yisroel is a name with a single cultural origin: Yiddish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Yiddish
The Story of Yisroel
American parents first put Yisroel on the record books as a baby boy name in 1950, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 251 Yisroels were born — ranking #874 that year. About 29% of every Yisroel on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Yisroel ranks #922 for baby boys with 251 births, gradually rising (+11%). All told, over 7K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Yisroel
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Yisroel. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Iser
- Issur
- Sroel
Names that sound like Yisroel
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About the name Yisroel
Yisroel is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1950 and has accumulated 7K births in the dataset. Yisroel's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #874. Use the chart and map above to compare Yisroel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.