Isabel

#176 for girls in 2025, 1,746 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to girls 98.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
2003 · 3,853 births
Debut · girls
81 births
In top 100 · girls
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
132,150
since 1880

Isabel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #83, 2003girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1761,746
2024#1671,826
2023#1641,753
2022#1561,858#12,3305
2021#1461,917
2020#1571,771
2019#1342,059#12,1455
2018#1392,068
2017#1452,036
2016#1452,120#12,1855
2015#1492,177
2014#1442,331#12,1085
2013#1362,341#9,6557
2012#1342,383
2011#1282,413
2010#1162,658#10,7666
2009#1092,988
2008#973,489#11,0376
2007#873,864#12,3675
2006#874,009#7,42710
2005#893,611#7,6409
2004#883,638#5,49214
2003#833,853#6,71510
2002#853,651#7,0559
2001#883,491#7,5368
2000#943,448#5,58812
1999#973,405#4,76214
1998#1182,827#6,3149
1997#1412,259#7,2817
1996#1971,470#5,18711
1995#2171,297#4,79112
1994#2441,131#4,80312
1993#2571,076#3,24620
1992#2671,053#2,99922
1991#330801#3,46217
1990#339785#3,30918
1989#404613#3,09419
1988#418558#5,2008
1987#445494#2,55921
1986#447484#3,65312
1985#427515#2,71018
1984#483419#3,27013
1983#469430#2,91215
1982#442487#4,5938
1981#459466#3,03014
1980#435496#3,43012
1979#481424#3,35712
1978#511365#2,79915
1977#484392#2,79115
1976#464411#2,24520
1975#461408#2,20520
1974#473381#3,5589
1973#494352#4,0547
1972#497356#3,15210
1971#463436#2,12619
1970#483415#2,12518
1969#496384#2,68211
1968#496381#2,57611
1967#505352#2,24213
1966#497354#2,62710
1965#527327#1,98716
1964#493390#2,11415
1963#498380#2,30013
1962#490393#2,67310
1961#511366#1,82320
1960#492391#2,12115
1959#492390#1,80620
1958#506359#2,09315
1957#449440#2,27413
1956#456405#1,56825
1955#417450#2,04815
1954#461368#1,88717
1953#389480#1,83618
1952#411419#1,80418
1951#438368#1,77418
1950#421362#1,94115
1949#402394#1,46225
1948#409374#1,28032
1947#414378#1,55523
1946#408353#1,29929
1945#430275#1,49420
1944#407309#1,48321
1943#387356#1,48622
1942#391333#1,19334
1941#367335#1,30026
1940#359328#1,28827
1939#345340#1,57818
1938#343350#1,24728
1937#310399#1,44422
1936#312376#1,09535
1935#292425#1,29527
1934#300430#1,35725
1933#284450#1,54020
1932#272516#1,54821
1931#258561#1,19433
1930#257595#1,23533
1929#235672#1,17335
1928#248651#1,16537
1927#239731#1,12840
1926#238744#1,29631
1925#212900#1,14438
1924#215911#1,20436
1923#221855#2,12315
1922#218888#1,64422
1921#207971#1,29632
1920#199992#1,34829
1919#196957#1,48124
1918#1901,041#1,76719
1917#197931#1,81517
1916#1831,000#2,38911
1915#177943#2,07013
1914#179747#2,2719
1913#177657#2,4966
1912#175556#1,61910
1911#168447#1,11710
1910#176389#1,04510
1909#169356
1908#168351
1907#170326
1906#169317#1,2535
1905#176292
1904#180271#1,0646
1903#180257
1902#179256
1901#194214
1900#184286
1899#176243
1898#184252
1897#188210
1896#179232
1895#184212
1894#168241
1893#185189
1892#200158
1891#189150
1890#185160
1889#186153
1888#187144
1887#192109
1886#176131
1885#185102
1884#175102
1883#18283
1882#19472
1881#17476
1880#16181
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Isabel was already there! It came in at #161, and was given to 81 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 110 girls a year got the name.

See more about Isabel
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#167#176)
  • 19 spots since 2020 (#157#176)
  • 27 spots since 2015 (#149#176)
  • Biggest jump: 65 spots in 1990 (#404#339)
  • Biggest drop: 72 spots in 1954 (#389#461)
Rise & fade · girls
123 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2003 at #83 (3,853 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1999–2008
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 474
  • Highest: 1 in 474 girls born in 2003 were named Isabel (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 921 girls born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 27.3% of all girls named Isabel (36,042) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,053#161 (1880)#181
1890s2,047#168 (1894)#184
1900s2,926#168 (1908)#177
1910s7,668#168 (1911)#182
1920s8,315#199 (1920)#223
1930s4,442#257 (1930)#297
1940s3,435#359 (1940)#397
1950s4,041#389 (1953)#444
1960s3,718#490 (1962)#501
1970s3,940#461 (1975)#481
1980s4,962#404 (1989)#443
1990s16,104#97 (1999)#221
2000s36,042#83 (2003)#91
2010s22,586#116 (2010)#137
2020s10,871#146 (2021)#161

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Isabel in 1992

girls
#267
1,053 births · 1 in 1,751 girls
boys
#2,999
22 births · 1 in 90,791 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #267Isabel1,053

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #2,999Isabel22
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 1,751 of them was named Isabel, which outranked 98.3% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isabel
  1. #264Robin1,056
  2. #265Jazmine1,054
  3. #265Tanya1,054
  4. #267Isabel1,053
  5. #268Cierra1,052
  6. #269Nina1,051
  7. #270Tatiana1,044
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. 2,282Darian#2,989#707
  2. 1,958Payton#2,660#702
  3. 1,450Peyton#2,034#584
  4. 1,115Chandler#1,656#541
  5. 1,080Brianda#1,857#777
Fallers
  1. 855Rebeccah#1,000#1,855
  2. 725Ieshia#717#1,442
  3. 502Miesha#997#1,499
  4. 470Unknown#794#1,264
  5. 356Phylicia#928#1,284

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 90,791 of them was named Isabel, which outranked 69.5% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isabel
  1. #2,909Zacheriah23
  2. #2,909Zakari23
  3. #2,909Zeth23
  4. #2,999Isabel22
  5. #2,999Abdallah22
  6. #2,999Aditya22
  7. #2,999Ajani22
  8. #3,105Akira21
  9. #3,105Alphonzo21
  10. #3,105Amari21

Tied with 105 names at #2,999; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. 6,348Dalvin#7,271#923
  2. 3,435Jalen#3,813#378
  3. 2,026Davante#2,828#802
  4. 1,555Davonta#2,469#914
  5. 1,383Juwan#2,344#961
Fallers
  1. 2,632Unnamed#972#3,604
  2. 450Octavius#945#1,395
  3. 398Male#679#1,077
  4. 394Khiry#915#1,309
  5. 379Dijon#915#1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1992