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 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 529 of them was named Isabelle, which outranked 99.5% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 408,030 of them was named Isabelle, which outranked 14.2% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).