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
- Peak · girls
- 2003 · 3,853 births
- Debut · girls
- 81 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 132,150since 1880
Isabel over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #176 | 1,746 | — | |
| 2024 | #167 | 1,826 | — | |
| 2023 | #164 | 1,753 | — | |
| 2022 | #156 | 1,858 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #146 | 1,917 | — | |
| 2020 | #157 | 1,771 | — | |
| 2019 | #134 | 2,059 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #139 | 2,068 | — | |
| 2017 | #145 | 2,036 | — | |
| 2016 | #145 | 2,120 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #149 | 2,177 | — | |
| 2014 | #144 | 2,331 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #136 | 2,341 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #134 | 2,383 | — | |
| 2011 | #128 | 2,413 | — | |
| 2010 | #116 | 2,658 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #109 | 2,988 | — | |
| 2008 | #97 | 3,489 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #87 | 3,864 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #87 | 4,009 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #89 | 3,611 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #88 | 3,638 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #83 | 3,853 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #85 | 3,651 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #88 | 3,491 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #94 | 3,448 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #97 | 3,405 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #118 | 2,827 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #141 | 2,259 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #197 | 1,470 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #217 | 1,297 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #244 | 1,131 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #257 | 1,076 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | #267 | 1,053 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #330 | 801 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #339 | 785 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #404 | 613 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #418 | 558 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #445 | 494 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #447 | 484 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #427 | 515 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #483 | 419 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #469 | 430 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #442 | 487 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #459 | 466 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #435 | 496 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #481 | 424 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #511 | 365 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #484 | 392 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #464 | 411 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #461 | 408 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #473 | 381 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #494 | 352 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #497 | 356 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #463 | 436 | #2,126 | 19 |
| 1970 | #483 | 415 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #496 | 384 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #496 | 381 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #505 | 352 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #497 | 354 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #527 | 327 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #493 | 390 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #498 | 380 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #490 | 393 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #511 | 366 | #1,823 | 20 |
| 1960 | #492 | 391 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #492 | 390 | #1,806 | 20 |
| 1958 | #506 | 359 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #449 | 440 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #456 | 405 | #1,568 | 25 |
| 1955 | #417 | 450 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #461 | 368 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #389 | 480 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #411 | 419 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #438 | 368 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #421 | 362 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #402 | 394 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #409 | 374 | #1,280 | 32 |
| 1947 | #414 | 378 | #1,555 | 23 |
| 1946 | #408 | 353 | #1,299 | 29 |
| 1945 | #430 | 275 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #407 | 309 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #387 | 356 | #1,486 | 22 |
| 1942 | #391 | 333 | #1,193 | 34 |
| 1941 | #367 | 335 | #1,300 | 26 |
| 1940 | #359 | 328 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1939 | #345 | 340 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | #343 | 350 | #1,247 | 28 |
| 1937 | #310 | 399 | #1,444 | 22 |
| 1936 | #312 | 376 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1935 | #292 | 425 | #1,295 | 27 |
| 1934 | #300 | 430 | #1,357 | 25 |
| 1933 | #284 | 450 | #1,540 | 20 |
| 1932 | #272 | 516 | #1,548 | 21 |
| 1931 | #258 | 561 | #1,194 | 33 |
| 1930 | #257 | 595 | #1,235 | 33 |
| 1929 | #235 | 672 | #1,173 | 35 |
| 1928 | #248 | 651 | #1,165 | 37 |
| 1927 | #239 | 731 | #1,128 | 40 |
| 1926 | #238 | 744 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1925 | #212 | 900 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1924 | #215 | 911 | #1,204 | 36 |
| 1923 | #221 | 855 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #218 | 888 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #207 | 971 | #1,296 | 32 |
| 1920 | #199 | 992 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1919 | #196 | 957 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #190 | 1,041 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #197 | 931 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #183 | 1,000 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #177 | 943 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #179 | 747 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #177 | 657 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #175 | 556 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #168 | 447 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #176 | 389 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #169 | 356 | — | |
| 1908 | #168 | 351 | — | |
| 1907 | #170 | 326 | — | |
| 1906 | #169 | 317 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #176 | 292 | — | |
| 1904 | #180 | 271 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #180 | 257 | — | |
| 1902 | #179 | 256 | — | |
| 1901 | #194 | 214 | — | |
| 1900 | #184 | 286 | — | |
| 1899 | #176 | 243 | — | |
| 1898 | #184 | 252 | — | |
| 1897 | #188 | 210 | — | |
| 1896 | #179 | 232 | — | |
| 1895 | #184 | 212 | — | |
| 1894 | #168 | 241 | — | |
| 1893 | #185 | 189 | — | |
| 1892 | #200 | 158 | — | |
| 1891 | #189 | 150 | — | |
| 1890 | #185 | 160 | — | |
| 1889 | #186 | 153 | — | |
| 1888 | #187 | 144 | — | |
| 1887 | #192 | 109 | — | |
| 1886 | #176 | 131 | — | |
| 1885 | #185 | 102 | — | |
| 1884 | #175 | 102 | — | |
| 1883 | #182 | 83 | — | |
| 1882 | #194 | 72 | — | |
| 1881 | #174 | 76 | — | |
| 1880 | #161 | 81 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2003 at #83 (3,853 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1999–2008
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 474 girls born in 2003 were named Isabel (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 921 girls born in 2025 (0.11%)
- 27.3% of all girls named Isabel (36,042) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,053 | #161 (1880) | #181 |
| 1890s | 2,047 | #168 (1894) | #184 |
| 1900s | 2,926 | #168 (1908) | #177 |
| 1910s | 7,668 | #168 (1911) | #182 |
| 1920s | 8,315 | #199 (1920) | #223 |
| 1930s | 4,442 | #257 (1930) | #297 |
| 1940s | 3,435 | #359 (1940) | #397 |
| 1950s | 4,041 | #389 (1953) | #444 |
| 1960s | 3,718 | #490 (1962) | #501 |
| 1970s | 3,940 | #461 (1975) | #481 |
| 1980s | 4,962 | #404 (1989) | #443 |
| 1990s | 16,104 | #97 (1999) | #221 |
| 2000s | 36,042 | #83 (2003) | #91 |
| 2010s | 22,586 | #116 (2010) | #137 |
| 2020s | 10,871 | #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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 1,193 of them was named Isabel, which outranked 98.8% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 172,209 of them was named Isabel, which outranked 50.8% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,878Zakariya12
- #4,878Zebediah12
- #4,878Zohaib12
- #5,187Isabel11
- #5,187Abdon11
- #5,187Abubakar11
- #5,187Adarsh11
- #5,535Aaronmichael10
- #5,535Acie10
- #5,535Afton10
Tied with 347 names at #5,187; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.