Isabell

#2,139 for girls in 2025, 87 births · Last seen for boys in 1929 at #3,959
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1903 · 99 births
Debut · girls
22 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,274
since 1880

Isabell over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Isabell has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #313, 1903girls
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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#2,13987
2024#2,28281
2023#2,33678
2022#1,885107
2021#1,554135
2020#1,668123
2019#1,773115
2018#1,506145
2017#1,482150
2016#1,446159
2015#1,287187
2014#1,228199
2013#1,144210
2012#1,086228
2011#981261
2010#827324
2009#827341
2008#796366
2007#794363
2006#723388
2005#894281
2004#855287
2003#914260
2002#919243
2001#1,096193
2000#1,225162
1999#1,130174
1998#1,458117
1997#1,68293
1996#2,55849
1995#3,35733
1994#3,09837
1993#3,42232
1992#4,08825
1991#4,49722
1990#5,83515
1989#4,67019
1988#3,58526
1987#4,12220
1986#6,61210
1985#3,73022
1984#5,22213
1983#4,47616
1982#3,64722
1981#4,96314
1980#3,71921
1979#5,09213
1978#4,07917
1977#4,42515
1976#4,61413
1975#4,14115
1974#3,11022
1973#3,12221
1972#3,06221
1971#2,80125
1970#3,43518
1969#4,72310
1968#3,16917
1967#4,6259
1966#2,40725
1965#2,93818
1964#1,80342
1963#1,68346
1962#1,75742
1961#2,15030
1960#1,95334
1959#1,95133
1958#1,60644
1957#1,53149
1956#1,37857
1955#1,29261
1954#1,36754
1953#1,21363
1952#1,29754
1951#1,20360
1950#1,17162
1949#1,08868
1948#1,19757
1947#1,00877
1946#1,12157
1945#1,10051
1944#95366
1943#90274
1942#90275
1941#83875
1940#80877
1939#69796
1938#73787
1937#70095
1936#638106
1935#654101
1934#68096
1933#597117
1932#552139
1931#589126
1930#513171
1929#501181#3,9595
1928#531172
1927#484208
1926#463221
1925#450237
1924#412282
1923#445234
1922#445233
1921#410271
1920#423249
1919#391274
1918#391281
1917#368293
1916#422220
1915#384249
1914#364210
1913#395151
1912#364160
1911#367120
1910#350129
1909#352105
1908#353104
1907#37588
1906#36884
1905#339100
1904#38573
1903#31399
1902#35481
1901#36170
1900#34992
1899#34873
1898#33487
1897#36764
1896#37358
1895#35761
1894#35960
1893#36056
1892#36553
1891#38741
1890#35851
1889#32158
1888#34946
1887#36435
1886#33241
1885#32439
1884#33135
1883#36625
1882#37722
1881#34622
1880#34222
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Isabell was already there! It came in at #342, and was given to 22 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1967, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Isabell is popular in 1917

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedMNIllinois: #345 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,882 girlsILWisconsin: #295 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,911 girlsWIMichigan: #299 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,848 girlsMINew York: #371 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,400 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedINOhio: #351 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,608 girlsOHPennsylvania: #261 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,114 girlsPANew Jersey: #253 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,319 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #308 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,318 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedMOKentucky: #304 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,476 girlsKYWest Virginia: #278 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,014 girlsWVVirginia: #247 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,088 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedNMKansas: #315 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,494 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedARTennessee: #466 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,875 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #287 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,423 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #175 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 978 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #283 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,706 girlsLAMississippi: #289 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,956 girlsMSAlabama: #390 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,553 girlsALGeorgia: #277 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,082 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedHITexas: #579 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,727 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Isabell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#175 · 1 in 978
  2. Virginia#247 · 1 in 2,088
  3. New Jersey#253 · 1 in 3,319
  4. Pennsylvania#261 · 1 in 3,114
  5. Georgia#277 · 1 in 2,082

Best ever in a state: #100 in Wyoming, 2009.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#175201 in 978
Virginia#247121 in 2,088
New Jersey#25391 in 3,319
Pennsylvania#261301 in 3,114
Georgia#277151 in 2,082
West Virginia#27881 in 2,014
Louisiana#283111 in 1,706
North Carolina#287131 in 2,423
Mississippi#28991 in 1,956
Wisconsin#29581 in 2,911
Michigan#299121 in 2,848
Kentucky#304101 in 2,476
California#30891 in 2,318
Kansas#31561 in 2,494
Illinois#345151 in 3,882
Ohio#351111 in 4,608
New York#371181 in 5,400
Alabama#39071 in 3,553
Tennessee#46651 in 4,875
Texas#579101 in 4,727
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Wyoming

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 Isabell
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 143 spots since 2024 (#2,282#2,139)
  • 471 spots since 2020 (#1,668#2,139)
  • 852 spots since 2015 (#1,287#2,139)
  • Biggest jump: 177 spots in 2002 (#1,096#919)
  • Biggest drop: 154 spots in 2011 (#827#981)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1903 at #313 (99 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 54 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 75 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1880–1944
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,646
  • Highest: 1 in 2,646 girls born in 1903 were named Isabell (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,474 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 18.9% of all girls named Isabell (2,884) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s345#321 (1889)#345
1890s604#334 (1898)#361
1900s896#313 (1903)#355
1910s2,087#350 (1910)#380
1920s2,288#410 (1921)#456
1930s1,134#513 (1930)#636
1940s677#808 (1940)#992
1950s537#1,171 (1950)#1,401
1960s273#1,683 (1963)#2,721
1970s180#2,801 (1971)#3,788
1980s183#3,585 (1988)#4,475
1990s597#1,130 (1999)#3,113
2000s2,884#723 (2006)#904
2010s1,978#827 (2010)#1,276
2020s611#1,554 (2021)#1,977

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.

Isabell in 1917

girls
#368
293 births · 1 in 3,690 girls

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #368Isabell293
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 3,690 of them was named Isabell, which outranked 93.1% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isabell
  1. #363Zella298
  2. #366Ramona296
  3. #367Hope295
  4. #368Isabell293
  5. #368Alvina293
  6. #370Linda291
  7. #371Philomena290
  8. #372Reva289

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

See the top 100 for 1917