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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #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 2008

  • 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: #491 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,296 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: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMNIllinois: #512 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,649 girlsILWisconsin: #505 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,505 girlsWIMichigan: #773 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,446 girlsMINew York: #495 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 2,514 girlsNYMassachusetts: #313 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,433 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedRIOregon: #544 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,370 girlsORNevada: #572 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,433 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedSDIowa: #290 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,230 girlsIAIndiana: #671 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,612 girlsINOhio: #759 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,699 girlsOHPennsylvania: #699 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,257 girlsPANew Jersey: #441 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,183 girlsNJConnecticut: #357 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,626 girlsCTCalifornia: #502 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 2,606 girlsCAUtah: #383 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,648 girlsUTColorado: #721 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,500 girlsCONebraska: 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: #650 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,420 girlsVAMaryland: #688 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,611 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedDEArizona: #453 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,027 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedNMKansas: #589 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,766 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedARTennessee: #1,055 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,439 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #595 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,005 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #677 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,200 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #761 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,488 girlsOKLouisiana: #612 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,889 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedMSAlabama: #458 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,098 girlsALGeorgia: #518 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,515 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Isabela, so not publishedHITexas: #391 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 1,997 girlsTXFlorida: #389 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 2,050 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Iowa#290 · 1 in 1,230
  2. Massachusetts#313 · 1 in 1,433
  3. Connecticut#357 · 1 in 1,626
  4. Utah#383 · 1 in 1,648
  5. Florida#389 · 1 in 2,050

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#290111 in 1,230
Massachusetts#313191 in 1,433
Connecticut#35781 in 1,626
Utah#383121 in 1,648
Florida#389421 in 2,050
Texas#391841 in 1,997
New Jersey#441181 in 2,183
Arizona#453181 in 2,027
Alabama#458101 in 2,098
Washington#491141 in 2,296
New York#495381 in 2,514
California#502881 in 2,606
Wisconsin#505101 in 2,505
Illinois#512251 in 2,649
Georgia#518211 in 2,515
Oregon#54471 in 2,370
Nevada#57251 in 2,433
Kansas#58951 in 2,766
North Carolina#595161 in 3,005
Louisiana#61271 in 2,889
Virginia#650111 in 3,420
Indiana#67191 in 3,612
South Carolina#67761 in 3,200
Maryland#68871 in 3,611
Pennsylvania#699131 in 4,257
Colorado#72171 in 3,500
Ohio#759121 in 4,699
Oklahoma#76151 in 3,488
Michigan#773101 in 4,446
Tennessee#1,05551 in 6,439
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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 2008

girls
#535
575 births · 1 in 3,289 girls

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #535Isabela575
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 3,289 of them was named Isabela, which outranked 97.4% 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).

Ranked beside Isabela
  1. #532Adalyn578
  2. #533Marina577
  3. #533Mikaela577
  4. #535Isabela575
  5. #535Joy575
  6. #535Ryan575
  7. #538Justice573
  8. #539Daphne571
  9. #540Ashlee570

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

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

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

See the top 100 for 2008 →