Isabela

#664 for girls in 2025, 426 births

Peak · girls
2004 · 695 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,698
since 1982

Isabela over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Isabela has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #442, 2004girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#664426
2024#644456
2023#659446
2022#587510
2021#836330
2020#835328
2019#776357
2018#816332
2017#812336
2016#813351
2015#763370
2014#721389
2013#670427
2012#619462
2011#665426
2010#571511
2009#493623
2008#535575
2007#504634
2006#467676
2005#534539
2004#442695
2003#483610
2002#632403
2001#741322
2000#850259
1999#939223
1998#1,183157
1997#1,442115
1996#1,79282
1995#1,86375
1994#2,23259
1993#2,63946
1992#3,68029
1991#3,72228
1990#3,36432
1989#4,67019
1988#10,3866
1987#7,9878
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1985#9,3076
1984#8,1537
1983#8,0477
1982#9,2376
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First appearance
1982

The first year at least five girls were named Isabela! It came in at #9,237, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1986, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Isabela is popular in 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMINew York: #1,765 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,537 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,777 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 20,209 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedHITexas: #1,935 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 22,664 girlsTXFlorida: #1,139 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,646 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#1,139 · 1 in 10,646
  2. New York#1,765 · 1 in 18,537
  3. California#1,777 · 1 in 20,209
  4. Texas#1,935 · 1 in 22,664

Best ever in a state: #187 in District of Columbia, 2001.

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Florida#1,13971 in 10,646
New York#1,76561 in 18,537
California#1,777121 in 20,209
Texas#1,93561 in 22,664
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See more about Isabela
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 20 spots since 2024 (#644 → #664)
  • 171 spots since 2020 (#835 → #664)
  • 99 spots since 2015 (#763 → #664)
  • Biggest jump: 249 spots in 2022 (#836 → #587)
  • Biggest drop: 94 spots in 2011 (#571 → #665)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 2004 at #442 (695 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,642
  • Highest: 1 in 2,642 girls born in 2004 were named Isabela (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,773 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 42.0% of all girls named Isabela (5,336) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s59#4,670 (1989)#8,255
1990s846#939 (1999)#2,286
2000s5,336#442 (2004)#568
2010s3,961#571 (2010)#723
2020s2,496#587 (2022)#704

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.

Isabela in 1994

girls
#2,232
59 births · 1 in 30,267 girls

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #2,232Isabela59
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 30,267 of them was named Isabela, which outranked 85.8% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isabela
  1. #2,209Sondra60
  2. #2,209Tynisha60
  3. #2,209Zayna60
  4. #2,232Isabela59
  5. #2,232Agnes59
  6. #2,232August59
  7. #2,232Flora59
  8. #2,255Abrianna58
  9. #2,255Aleigha58
  10. #2,255Anai58

Tied with 22 names at #2,232; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →