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
- Peak · girls
- 1903 · 99 births
- Debut · girls
- 22 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,274since 1880
Isabell over time
Rank among girls' names. Isabell has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #2,139 | 87 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,282 | 81 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,336 | 78 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,885 | 107 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,554 | 135 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,668 | 123 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,773 | 115 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,506 | 145 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,482 | 150 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,446 | 159 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,287 | 187 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,228 | 199 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,144 | 210 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,086 | 228 | — | |
| 2011 | #981 | 261 | — | |
| 2010 | #827 | 324 | — | |
| 2009 | #827 | 341 | — | |
| 2008 | #796 | 366 | — | |
| 2007 | #794 | 363 | — | |
| 2006 | #723 | 388 | — | |
| 2005 | #894 | 281 | — | |
| 2004 | #855 | 287 | — | |
| 2003 | #914 | 260 | — | |
| 2002 | #919 | 243 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,096 | 193 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,225 | 162 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,130 | 174 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,458 | 117 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,682 | 93 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,558 | 49 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,098 | 37 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,422 | 32 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,407 | 25 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,803 | 42 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,683 | 46 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 42 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,953 | 34 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,951 | 33 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,606 | 44 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,531 | 49 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,378 | 57 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,292 | 61 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,367 | 54 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,213 | 63 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 54 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,203 | 60 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,171 | 62 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,088 | 68 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,197 | 57 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,008 | 77 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,121 | 57 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,100 | 51 | — | |
| 1944 | #953 | 66 | — | |
| 1943 | #902 | 74 | — | |
| 1942 | #902 | 75 | — | |
| 1941 | #838 | 75 | — | |
| 1940 | #808 | 77 | — | |
| 1939 | #697 | 96 | — | |
| 1938 | #737 | 87 | — | |
| 1937 | #700 | 95 | — | |
| 1936 | #638 | 106 | — | |
| 1935 | #654 | 101 | — | |
| 1934 | #680 | 96 | — | |
| 1933 | #597 | 117 | — | |
| 1932 | #552 | 139 | — | |
| 1931 | #589 | 126 | — | |
| 1930 | #513 | 171 | — | |
| 1929 | #501 | 181 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #531 | 172 | — | |
| 1927 | #484 | 208 | — | |
| 1926 | #463 | 221 | — | |
| 1925 | #450 | 237 | — | |
| 1924 | #412 | 282 | — | |
| 1923 | #445 | 234 | — | |
| 1922 | #445 | 233 | — | |
| 1921 | #410 | 271 | — | |
| 1920 | #423 | 249 | — | |
| 1919 | #391 | 274 | — | |
| 1918 | #391 | 281 | — | |
| 1917 | #368 | 293 | — | |
| 1916 | #422 | 220 | — | |
| 1915 | #384 | 249 | — | |
| 1914 | #364 | 210 | — | |
| 1913 | #395 | 151 | — | |
| 1912 | #364 | 160 | — | |
| 1911 | #367 | 120 | — | |
| 1910 | #350 | 129 | — | |
| 1909 | #352 | 105 | — | |
| 1908 | #353 | 104 | — | |
| 1907 | #375 | 88 | — | |
| 1906 | #368 | 84 | — | |
| 1905 | #339 | 100 | — | |
| 1904 | #385 | 73 | — | |
| 1903 | #313 | 99 | — | |
| 1902 | #354 | 81 | — | |
| 1901 | #361 | 70 | — | |
| 1900 | #349 | 92 | — | |
| 1899 | #348 | 73 | — | |
| 1898 | #334 | 87 | — | |
| 1897 | #367 | 64 | — | |
| 1896 | #373 | 58 | — | |
| 1895 | #357 | 61 | — | |
| 1894 | #359 | 60 | — | |
| 1893 | #360 | 56 | — | |
| 1892 | #365 | 53 | — | |
| 1891 | #387 | 41 | — | |
| 1890 | #358 | 51 | — | |
| 1889 | #321 | 58 | — | |
| 1888 | #349 | 46 | — | |
| 1887 | #364 | 35 | — | |
| 1886 | #332 | 41 | — | |
| 1885 | #324 | 39 | — | |
| 1884 | #331 | 35 | — | |
| 1883 | #366 | 25 | — | |
| 1882 | #377 | 22 | — | |
| 1881 | #346 | 22 | — | |
| 1880 | #342 | 22 | — | |
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.
See more about Isabell
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1903 at #313 (99 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 54 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1880–1944
- 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%)
- 18.9% of all girls named Isabell (2,884) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 345 | #321 (1889) | #345 |
| 1890s | 604 | #334 (1898) | #361 |
| 1900s | 896 | #313 (1903) | #355 |
| 1910s | 2,087 | #350 (1910) | #380 |
| 1920s | 2,288 | #410 (1921) | #456 |
| 1930s | 1,134 | #513 (1930) | #636 |
| 1940s | 677 | #808 (1940) | #992 |
| 1950s | 537 | #1,171 (1950) | #1,401 |
| 1960s | 273 | #1,683 (1963) | #2,721 |
| 1970s | 180 | #2,801 (1971) | #3,788 |
| 1980s | 183 | #3,585 (1988) | #4,475 |
| 1990s | 597 | #1,130 (1999) | #3,113 |
| 2000s | 2,884 | #723 (2006) | #904 |
| 2010s | 1,978 | #827 (2010) | #1,276 |
| 2020s | 611 | #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 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 6,169 of them was named Isabell, which outranked 90.5% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 215,123 of them was named Isabell, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 586 names at #3,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.