Isabelle
#166 for girls in 2025, 1,825 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2007 · 4,106 births
- Debut · girls
- 80 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 107,762since 1880
Isabelle 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 | #166 | 1,825 | — | |
| 2024 | #171 | 1,787 | — | |
| 2023 | #159 | 1,793 | — | |
| 2022 | #137 | 2,108 | — | |
| 2021 | #117 | 2,393 | — | |
| 2020 | #121 | 2,254 | — | |
| 2019 | #117 | 2,506 | — | |
| 2018 | #113 | 2,652 | — | |
| 2017 | #92 | 3,168 | — | |
| 2016 | #102 | 3,039 | — | |
| 2015 | #94 | 3,225 | — | |
| 2014 | #96 | 3,080 | — | |
| 2013 | #114 | 2,762 | — | |
| 2012 | #126 | 2,507 | — | |
| 2011 | #114 | 2,669 | — | |
| 2010 | #105 | 2,899 | — | |
| 2009 | #100 | 3,307 | — | |
| 2008 | #93 | 3,573 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #79 | 4,106 | — | |
| 2006 | #84 | 4,042 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #96 | 3,284 | — | |
| 2004 | #107 | 3,100 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #110 | 3,113 | — | |
| 2002 | #111 | 3,063 | — | |
| 2001 | #113 | 2,943 | — | |
| 2000 | #144 | 2,340 | — | |
| 1999 | #162 | 1,954 | — | |
| 1998 | #196 | 1,592 | — | |
| 1997 | #251 | 1,164 | — | |
| 1996 | #370 | 726 | — | |
| 1995 | #487 | 509 | — | |
| 1994 | #546 | 444 | — | |
| 1993 | #740 | 281 | — | |
| 1992 | #830 | 241 | — | |
| 1991 | #967 | 194 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,046 | 171 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,178 | 139 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,230 | 121 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,424 | 92 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,838 | 61 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,222 | 46 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,751 | 62 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,135 | 46 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,158 | 47 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,218 | 45 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,273 | 42 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,350 | 38 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,257 | 40 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,912 | 47 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,780 | 52 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,881 | 46 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,979 | 41 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,594 | 57 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,637 | 57 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,572 | 57 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,575 | 53 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,399 | 62 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,273 | 72 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,200 | 80 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,066 | 104 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,150 | 90 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,101 | 98 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,070 | 104 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,092 | 97 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,031 | 106 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,173 | 82 | — | |
| 1957 | #989 | 110 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,100 | 88 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,010 | 98 | — | |
| 1954 | #984 | 98 | — | |
| 1953 | #899 | 109 | — | |
| 1952 | #870 | 112 | — | |
| 1951 | #810 | 122 | — | |
| 1950 | #874 | 103 | — | |
| 1949 | #835 | 111 | — | |
| 1948 | #768 | 124 | — | |
| 1947 | #685 | 151 | — | |
| 1946 | #726 | 124 | — | |
| 1945 | #640 | 131 | — | |
| 1944 | #603 | 148 | — | |
| 1943 | #594 | 160 | — | |
| 1942 | #559 | 176 | — | |
| 1941 | #557 | 157 | — | |
| 1940 | #504 | 188 | — | |
| 1939 | #541 | 151 | — | |
| 1938 | #534 | 162 | — | |
| 1937 | #489 | 179 | — | |
| 1936 | #431 | 225 | — | |
| 1935 | #408 | 251 | — | |
| 1934 | #391 | 272 | — | |
| 1933 | #342 | 330 | — | |
| 1932 | #334 | 364 | — | |
| 1931 | #322 | 390 | — | |
| 1930 | #316 | 437 | — | |
| 1929 | #293 | 495 | — | |
| 1928 | #283 | 533 | — | |
| 1927 | #275 | 569 | — | |
| 1926 | #265 | 637 | — | |
| 1925 | #248 | 709 | — | |
| 1924 | #241 | 759 | — | |
| 1923 | #244 | 723 | — | |
| 1922 | #230 | 794 | — | |
| 1921 | #221 | 846 | — | |
| 1920 | #213 | 899 | — | |
| 1919 | #210 | 887 | — | |
| 1918 | #213 | 886 | — | |
| 1917 | #190 | 982 | — | |
| 1916 | #192 | 927 | — | |
| 1915 | #178 | 942 | — | |
| 1914 | #180 | 739 | — | |
| 1913 | #186 | 606 | — | |
| 1912 | #187 | 520 | — | |
| 1911 | #191 | 377 | — | |
| 1910 | #176 | 389 | — | |
| 1909 | #181 | 326 | — | |
| 1908 | #185 | 308 | — | |
| 1907 | #187 | 291 | — | |
| 1906 | #179 | 278 | — | |
| 1905 | #191 | 253 | — | |
| 1904 | #202 | 223 | — | |
| 1903 | #197 | 213 | — | |
| 1902 | #207 | 204 | — | |
| 1901 | #207 | 194 | — | |
| 1900 | #210 | 224 | — | |
| 1899 | #205 | 181 | — | |
| 1898 | #195 | 221 | — | |
| 1897 | #184 | 215 | — | |
| 1896 | #208 | 180 | — | |
| 1895 | #190 | 205 | — | |
| 1894 | #193 | 184 | — | |
| 1893 | #177 | 205 | — | |
| 1892 | #173 | 213 | — | |
| 1891 | #205 | 130 | — | |
| 1890 | #189 | 156 | — | |
| 1889 | #191 | 141 | — | |
| 1888 | #182 | 153 | — | |
| 1887 | #193 | 108 | — | |
| 1886 | #168 | 136 | — | |
| 1885 | #182 | 105 | — | |
| 1884 | #165 | 115 | — | |
| 1883 | #175 | 91 | — | |
| 1882 | #176 | 81 | — | |
| 1881 | #163 | 82 | — | |
| 1880 | #163 | 80 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Isabelle was already there! It came in at #163, and was given to 80 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1983, when fewer than 48 girls a year got the name.
See more about Isabelle
- 5 spots since 2024 (#171 → #166)
- 45 spots since 2020 (#121 → #166)
- 72 spots since 2015 (#94 → #166)
- Biggest jump: 194 spots in 1994 (#740 → #546)
- Biggest drop: 184 spots in 1958 (#989 → #1,173)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2007 at #79 (4,106 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2005–2009
- Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1880–1954
- Highest: 1 in 468 girls born in 2007 were named Isabelle (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 881 girls born in 2025 (0.11%)
- 30.5% of all girls named Isabelle (32,871) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #163 (1881) → #2,770 (1982) → #79 (2007)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,092 | #163 (1881) | #176 |
| 1890s | 1,890 | #173 (1892) | #192 |
| 1900s | 2,514 | #179 (1906) | #195 |
| 1910s | 7,255 | #176 (1910) | #190 |
| 1920s | 6,964 | #213 (1920) | #251 |
| 1930s | 2,761 | #316 (1930) | #411 |
| 1940s | 1,470 | #504 (1940) | #647 |
| 1950s | 1,028 | #810 (1951) | #974 |
| 1960s | 817 | #1,066 (1964) | #1,250 |
| 1970s | 465 | #1,594 (1972) | #1,957 |
| 1980s | 692 | #1,178 (1989) | #1,892 |
| 1990s | 7,276 | #162 (1999) | #560 |
| 2000s | 32,871 | #79 (2007) | #104 |
| 2010s | 28,507 | #92 (2017) | #107 |
| 2020s | 12,160 | #117 (2021) | #145 |
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.
Isabelle in 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
Top boys' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 470 of them was named Isabelle, which outranked 99.6% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 342,546 of them was named Isabelle, which outranked 24.1% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #9,585Zimere7
- #9,585Zyir7
- #9,585Zytavious7
- #10,662Isabelle6
- #10,662Aaris6
- #10,662Aashir6
- #10,662Abad6
- #12,055Aadhav5
- #12,055Aakarsh5
- #12,055Aalijah5
Tied with 1,392 names at #10,662; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.