Isabela

#664 for girls in 2025, 426 births

Peak · girls
2004 · 695 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,698
since 1982

Isabela over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Isabela has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #442, 2004girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#664426
2024#644456
2023#659446
2022#587510
2021#836330
2020#835328
2019#776357
2018#816332
2017#812336
2016#813351
2015#763370
2014#721389
2013#670427
2012#619462
2011#665426
2010#571511
2009#493623
2008#535575
2007#504634
2006#467676
2005#534539
2004#442695
2003#483610
2002#632403
2001#741322
2000#850259
1999#939223
1998#1,183157
1997#1,442115
1996#1,79282
1995#1,86375
1994#2,23259
1993#2,63946
1992#3,68029
1991#3,72228
1990#3,36432
1989#4,67019
1988#10,3866
1987#7,9878
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1984#8,1537
1983#8,0477
1982#9,2376
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First appearance
1982

The first year at least five girls were named Isabela! It came in at #9,237, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1986, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Isabela is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNHWashington: #765 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,918 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMNIllinois: #603 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,081 girlsILWisconsin: #742 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,880 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMINew York: #758 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,151 girlsNYMassachusetts: #445 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,107 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedORNevada: #451 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,826 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedINOhio: #1,156 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,540 girlsOHPennsylvania: #821 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,799 girlsPANew Jersey: #710 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,716 girlsNJConnecticut: #501 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,406 girlsCTCalifornia: #609 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 3,366 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedUTColorado: #409 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,800 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedWVVirginia: #948 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,354 girlsVAMaryland: #889 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,820 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedDEArizona: #459 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,060 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #711 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,784 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMSAlabama: #686 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,279 girlsALGeorgia: #962 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,410 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedHITexas: #556 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 2,828 girlsTXFlorida: #589 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 3,070 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Colorado#409 · 1 in 1,800
  2. Massachusetts#445 · 1 in 2,107
  3. Nevada#451 · 1 in 1,826
  4. Arizona#459 · 1 in 2,060
  5. Connecticut#501 · 1 in 2,406

Best ever in a state: #187 in District of Columbia, 2001.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Colorado#409131 in 1,800
Massachusetts#445121 in 2,107
Nevada#45161 in 1,826
Arizona#459151 in 2,060
Connecticut#50151 in 2,406
Texas#556601 in 2,828
Florida#589281 in 3,070
Illinois#603191 in 3,081
California#609611 in 3,366
Alabama#68661 in 3,279
New Jersey#710101 in 3,716
North Carolina#711121 in 3,784
Wisconsin#74261 in 3,880
New York#758221 in 4,151
Washington#76581 in 3,918
Pennsylvania#821111 in 4,799
Maryland#88951 in 4,820
Virginia#94871 in 5,354
Georgia#96291 in 5,410
Ohio#1,15671 in 7,540
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Isabela
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 20 spots since 2024 (#644#664)
  • 171 spots since 2020 (#835#664)
  • 99 spots since 2015 (#763#664)
  • Biggest jump: 249 spots in 2022 (#836#587)
  • Biggest drop: 94 spots in 2011 (#571#665)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 2004 at #442 (695 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,642
  • Highest: 1 in 2,642 girls born in 2004 were named Isabela (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,773 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 42.0% of all girls named Isabela (5,336) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s59#4,670 (1989)#8,255
1990s846#939 (1999)#2,286
2000s5,336#442 (2004)#568
2010s3,961#571 (2010)#723
2020s2,496#587 (2022)#704

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.

Isabela in 2015

girls
#763
370 births · 1 in 4,825 girls

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #763Isabela370
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 4,825 of them was named Isabela, which outranked 96.0% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isabela
  1. #760Carlee371
  2. #760Leanna371
  3. #760Zoie371
  4. #763Isabela370
  5. #763Alannah370
  6. #763Jazlynn370
  7. #763Mina370
  8. #768Laurel369
  9. #769Kairi368
  10. #769Nola368

Tied with 4 names at #763; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,984Alaia#2,648#664
  2. 1,835Meilani#2,781#946
  3. 1,733Aitana#2,648#915
  4. 1,387Aislinn#2,351#964
  5. 1,072Taya#2,049#977
Fallers
  1. 1,075Isis#703#1,778
  2. 502Annabell#923#1,425
  3. 500Anabel#911#1,411
  4. 344Cindy#711#1,055
  5. 334Anabella#529#863

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

See the top 100 for 2015