Isabella
#7 for girls in 2025, 10,666 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2010 · 22,936 births
- Debut · girls
- 50 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 28 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 417,001since 1880
Isabella 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 | #7 | 10,666 | — | |
| 2024 | #7 | 10,810 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #7 | 10,871 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #6 | 11,761 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #7 | 11,309 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #7 | 12,226 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #5 | 13,407 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #4 | 14,575 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | #4 | 15,263 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #5 | 14,863 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #5 | 15,667 | #4,545 | 21 |
| 2014 | #4 | 17,136 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #4 | 17,689 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #3 | 19,138 | #5,035 | 18 |
| 2011 | #2 | 19,931 | #3,885 | 26 |
| 2010 | #1 | 22,936 | #3,531 | 30 |
| 2009 | #1 | 22,321 | #3,831 | 27 |
| 2008 | #2 | 18,629 | #3,823 | 27 |
| 2007 | #2 | 19,143 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #4 | 18,231 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #6 | 15,197 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #7 | 15,021 | #2,316 | 49 |
| 2003 | #12 | 13,781 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #14 | 12,171 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #28 | 8,835 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #45 | 6,242 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #60 | 5,060 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #84 | 3,851 | — | |
| 1997 | #114 | 2,862 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #151 | 2,112 | — | |
| 1995 | #174 | 1,739 | — | |
| 1994 | #222 | 1,277 | — | |
| 1993 | #318 | 831 | — | |
| 1992 | #487 | 508 | — | |
| 1991 | #699 | 305 | — | |
| 1990 | #890 | 217 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,168 | 140 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,600 | 81 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,630 | 75 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,866 | 60 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,657 | 36 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,488 | 38 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,603 | 36 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,349 | 32 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,751 | 43 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,669 | 45 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,829 | 39 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,708 | 46 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,598 | 50 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,651 | 47 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,553 | 53 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,523 | 53 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,567 | 48 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,469 | 53 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,316 | 65 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,298 | 64 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,292 | 61 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,377 | 53 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,213 | 63 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,195 | 63 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,160 | 65 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,241 | 55 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,088 | 68 | — | |
| 1948 | #993 | 77 | — | |
| 1947 | #975 | 82 | — | |
| 1946 | #970 | 74 | — | |
| 1945 | #968 | 64 | — | |
| 1944 | #881 | 75 | — | |
| 1943 | #816 | 90 | — | |
| 1942 | #921 | 72 | — | |
| 1941 | #719 | 96 | — | |
| 1940 | #817 | 76 | — | |
| 1939 | #735 | 86 | — | |
| 1938 | #687 | 100 | — | |
| 1937 | #664 | 105 | — | |
| 1936 | #748 | 80 | — | |
| 1935 | #693 | 93 | — | |
| 1934 | #703 | 90 | — | |
| 1933 | #603 | 116 | — | |
| 1932 | #580 | 128 | — | |
| 1931 | #554 | 139 | — | |
| 1930 | #571 | 142 | — | |
| 1929 | #548 | 155 | — | |
| 1928 | #519 | 178 | — | |
| 1927 | #522 | 182 | — | |
| 1926 | #510 | 187 | — | |
| 1925 | #489 | 205 | — | |
| 1924 | #457 | 231 | — | |
| 1923 | #454 | 228 | — | |
| 1922 | #427 | 241 | — | |
| 1921 | #449 | 236 | — | |
| 1920 | #418 | 252 | — | |
| 1919 | #391 | 274 | — | |
| 1918 | #411 | 254 | — | |
| 1917 | #410 | 237 | — | |
| 1916 | #401 | 246 | — | |
| 1915 | #387 | 242 | — | |
| 1914 | #389 | 187 | — | |
| 1913 | #374 | 165 | — | |
| 1912 | #361 | 161 | — | |
| 1911 | #353 | 129 | — | |
| 1910 | #311 | 151 | — | |
| 1909 | #375 | 97 | — | |
| 1908 | #336 | 112 | — | |
| 1907 | #310 | 126 | — | |
| 1906 | #317 | 110 | — | |
| 1905 | #329 | 105 | — | |
| 1904 | #348 | 88 | — | |
| 1903 | #317 | 96 | — | |
| 1902 | #346 | 84 | — | |
| 1901 | #315 | 92 | — | |
| 1900 | #290 | 128 | — | |
| 1899 | #304 | 94 | — | |
| 1898 | #336 | 86 | — | |
| 1897 | #312 | 86 | — | |
| 1896 | #310 | 88 | — | |
| 1895 | #305 | 90 | — | |
| 1894 | #288 | 92 | — | |
| 1893 | #251 | 109 | — | |
| 1892 | #285 | 88 | — | |
| 1891 | #277 | 79 | — | |
| 1890 | #262 | 91 | — | |
| 1889 | #262 | 80 | — | |
| 1888 | #296 | 63 | — | |
| 1887 | #278 | 58 | — | |
| 1886 | #228 | 80 | — | |
| 1885 | #290 | 48 | — | |
| 1884 | #216 | 76 | — | |
| 1883 | #244 | 54 | — | |
| 1882 | #262 | 44 | — | |
| 1881 | #216 | 50 | — | |
| 1880 | #215 | 50 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Isabella was already there! It came in at #215, and was given to 50 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1979, when fewer than 33 girls a year got the name.
See more about Isabella
- Held #7 since 2020
- 2 spots since 2015 (#5 → #7)
- Biggest jump: 278 spots in 1990 (#1,168 → #890)
- Biggest drop: 202 spots in 1942 (#719 → #921)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2010 at #1 (22,936 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: 22 yrs · run 2004–2025
- Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
- Top 1,000: 105 yrs · run 1880–1948
- Highest: 1 in 78 girls born in 2010 were named Isabella (1.3%)
- Latest: 1 in 151 girls born in 2025 (0.66%)
- 40.9% of all girls named Isabella (170,605) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #215 (1880) → #3,541 (1979) → #1 (2010)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 603 | #215 (1880) | #251 |
| 1890s | 903 | #251 (1893) | #293 |
| 1900s | 1,038 | #290 (1900) | #328 |
| 1910s | 2,046 | #311 (1910) | #379 |
| 1920s | 2,095 | #418 (1920) | #479 |
| 1930s | 1,079 | #554 (1931) | #654 |
| 1940s | 774 | #719 (1941) | #915 |
| 1950s | 590 | #1,160 (1951) | #1,313 |
| 1960s | 429 | #1,523 (1960) | #1,826 |
| 1970s | 296 | #2,001 (1971) | #2,692 |
| 1980s | 567 | #1,168 (1989) | #2,207 |
| 1990s | 18,762 | #60 (1999) | #320 |
| 2000s | 149,571 | #1 (2009) | #12 |
| 2010s | 170,605 | #1 (2010) | #4 |
| 2020s | 67,643 | #6 (2022) | #7 |
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.
Isabella in 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
Top boys' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 148 of them was named Isabella, which outranked 99.9% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 176,501 of them was named Isabella, which outranked 51.3% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,725Zeshan12
- #5,725Zuhair12
- #5,725Zuhayr12
- #6,088Isabella11
- #6,088Aadam11
- #6,088Aaditya11
- #6,088Abdi11
- #6,522Aadarsh10
- #6,522Aarin10
- #6,522Aarya10
Tied with 433 names at #6,088; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.