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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #442, 2004girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 2005

  • 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: #540 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,669 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #554 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,252 girlsMNIllinois: #431 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 2,239 girlsILWisconsin: #420 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,087 girlsWIMichigan: #645 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,946 girlsMINew York: #615 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,521 girlsNYMassachusetts: #522 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,166 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedORNevada: #337 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,288 girlsNVWyoming: 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: #946 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,501 girlsINOhio: #1,036 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,183 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #389 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,030 girlsNJConnecticut: #364 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,779 girlsCTCalifornia: #437 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 2,304 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedUTColorado: #473 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,248 girlsCONebraska: #338 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,382 girlsNEMissouri: 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: #706 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,123 girlsVAMaryland: #501 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,477 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedDEArizona: #606 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,961 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNMKansas: #504 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,294 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedARTennessee: #677 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,884 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #676 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,783 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #346 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,516 girlsOKLouisiana: #756 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,937 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedALGeorgia: #506 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,570 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedHITexas: #463 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 2,433 girlsTXFlorida: #304 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,587 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#304 · 1 in 1,587
  2. Nevada#337 · 1 in 1,288
  3. Nebraska#338 · 1 in 1,382
  4. Oklahoma#346 · 1 in 1,516
  5. Connecticut#364 · 1 in 1,779

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#304541 in 1,587
Nevada#33791 in 1,288
Nebraska#33861 in 1,382
Oklahoma#346111 in 1,516
Connecticut#36481 in 1,779
New Jersey#389201 in 2,030
Wisconsin#420121 in 2,087
Illinois#431301 in 2,239
California#4371001 in 2,304
Texas#463661 in 2,433
Colorado#473111 in 2,248
Maryland#501101 in 2,477
Kansas#50461 in 2,294
Georgia#506201 in 2,570
Massachusetts#52291 in 3,166
Washington#540111 in 2,669
Minnesota#55481 in 3,252
Arizona#606121 in 2,961
New York#615271 in 3,521
Michigan#645121 in 3,946
North Carolina#676121 in 3,783
Tennessee#67781 in 3,884
Virginia#70691 in 4,123
Louisiana#75651 in 3,937
Indiana#94651 in 6,501
Ohio#1,03671 in 8,183
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 2005

girls
#534
539 births · 1 in 3,428 girls

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #534Isabela539
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 3,428 of them was named Isabela, which outranked 97.2% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isabela
  1. #531Dominique543
  2. #532Willow542
  3. #533Elisa541
  4. #534Isabela539
  5. #534Kristin539
  6. #536Justice538
  7. #536London538
  8. #538Marlene537

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,271Mikalah#7,077 → #806
  2. ↑ 2,724Yuridia#3,689 → #965
  3. ↑ 2,236Naima#3,127 → #891
  4. ↑ 1,924Karol#2,742 → #818
  5. ↑ 1,125Karma#1,972 → #847
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Rhea#908 → #1,305
  2. ↓ 360Laisha#789 → #1,149
  3. ↓ 334Ashtyn#956 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 285Hunter#742 → #1,027
  5. ↓ 282Angeles#973 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 2005 →