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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #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 2006

  • 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: #442 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,042 girlsWAIdaho: #376 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,403 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #718 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,478 girlsMNIllinois: #419 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 2,130 girlsILWisconsin: #334 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,574 girlsWIMichigan: #974 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,742 girlsMINew York: #437 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 2,298 girlsNYMassachusetts: #476 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,584 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedRIOregon: #263 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,031 girlsORNevada: #483 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,085 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: #494 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,545 girlsINOhio: #515 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,016 girlsOHPennsylvania: #866 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,148 girlsPANew Jersey: #432 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,261 girlsNJConnecticut: #443 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,292 girlsCTCalifornia: #354 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 1,792 girlsCAUtah: #625 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,144 girlsUTColorado: #467 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,111 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNEMissouri: #801 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,949 girlsMOKentucky: #414 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,030 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedWVVirginia: #456 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,366 girlsVAMaryland: #563 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,794 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedDEArizona: #503 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,393 girlsAZNew Mexico: #320 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,204 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedARTennessee: #494 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,445 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #652 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,623 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #741 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,790 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #431 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,945 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMSAlabama: #539 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,548 girlsALGeorgia: #510 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,564 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedHITexas: #425 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 2,216 girlsTXFlorida: #243 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 1,238 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#243 · 1 in 1,238
  2. Oregon#263 · 1 in 1,031
  3. New Mexico#320 · 1 in 1,204
  4. Wisconsin#334 · 1 in 1,574
  5. California#354 · 1 in 1,792

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#243721 in 1,238
Oregon#263161 in 1,031
New Mexico#32071 in 1,204
Wisconsin#334161 in 1,574
California#3541311 in 1,792
Idaho#37651 in 1,403
Kentucky#414101 in 2,030
Illinois#419321 in 2,130
Texas#425751 in 2,216
Oklahoma#43191 in 1,945
New Jersey#432181 in 2,261
New York#437421 in 2,298
Washington#442151 in 2,042
Connecticut#44361 in 2,292
Virginia#456161 in 2,366
Colorado#467121 in 2,111
Massachusetts#476111 in 2,584
Nevada#48361 in 2,085
Indiana#494131 in 2,545
Tennessee#494131 in 2,445
Arizona#503161 in 2,393
Georgia#510211 in 2,564
Ohio#515191 in 3,016
Alabama#53981 in 2,548
Maryland#56391 in 2,794
Utah#62561 in 3,144
North Carolina#652131 in 3,623
Minnesota#71861 in 4,478
South Carolina#74151 in 3,790
Missouri#80161 in 4,949
Pennsylvania#86691 in 6,148
Michigan#97471 in 6,742
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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 2006

girls
#467
676 births · 1 in 2,812 girls

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #467Isabela676
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 2,812 of them was named Isabela, which outranked 97.7% 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).

Ranked beside Isabela
  1. #464Melany684
  2. #465Hazel682
  3. #465Jaiden682
  4. #467Isabela676
  5. #467Adeline676
  6. #469Clarissa675
  7. #470Baylee670
  8. #471Jimena669

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

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 2006 →