Yisroel is a distinctive choice, ranked #1162 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Yisroel in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1162
US Rank #950
About the Name Yisroel
Yisroel is steadily gaining in popularity, up 68 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #944 in 2011, and it currently sits at #1162. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Yisroel is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #950, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Yisroel
Unlikely. With around 24 UK babies named Yisroel per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Yisroel in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Yisroel is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 68 places over the last five years to #1162 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Yisroel is more popular in the US (#950) than in the UK (#1162). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Yisroel include: Yisroel Dovid Weiss — Yisroel Dovid Weiss is an American anti-Zionist activist, rabbi, and spokesman for the worldwide religious group Neturei Karta.; Yisroel Hager (the second) — Yisroel Hager, also known as Yisroel Hager the Younger,, is one of the two Grand Rabbis of Vizhnitz in Bnei Brak and a member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah...; Yisroel Yaakov Lichtenstein — Yisroel Yaakov Lichtenstein is the former Av Beit Din of Federation of Synagogues in London, having given notice mid-2019 that after 30 years at that post he'd....
Yisroel ranks #950 in the US top 1,000 (2024). It's recognised in America but considerably more popular in the UK.
24
UK babies named Yisroel (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 68 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Yisroel
Likely around 1 other Yisroel in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2021–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
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Yisroel Zev Gustman was a rabbi, and the last Dayan (rabbinic judge) in Vilna during World War II. After the war he moved to the United States, and was appointed rosh yeshiva at Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch in Brooklyn, NY.
Yisroel Dovid Weiss is an American anti-Zionist activist, rabbi, and spokesman for the worldwide religious group Neturei Karta. Residing in Monsey, New York, he believes that Jews should peacefully oppose the existence of the Israeli state: "It would be forbidden for us to have a State, even if it would be in a land that is desolate and uninhabited." He advocates a complete return of land to Palestinians, rejecting the 1967 borders and advocating coexistence.
Yisroel Hager, also known as Yisroel Hager the Younger,, is one of the two Grand Rabbis of Vizhnitz in Bnei Brak and a member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of great Torah Sages) of Agudat Israel.
Rabbi Yisroel Halpern, also known as Yisroel Karduner born circa 1850, was a Breslover Hasid who lived in Ottoman Palestine at the turn of the century.
Yisroel Yaakov Lichtenstein is the former Av Beit Din of Federation of Synagogues in London, having given notice mid-2019 that after 30 years at that post he'd being moving to Israel. Yisroel Yaakov Lichtenstein, who is also referred to as Yaakov Lichtenstein and Yisroel Lichtenstein continued to serve as the official rabbi of a small congregation until making Aliya.