Izel
- #2,822 for girls in 2025, 60 births
- #3,658 for boys in 2025, 30 births
- Given to girls 78.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2011 · 107 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,524since 1994
Izel over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,822 | 60 | #3,658 | 30 |
| 2024 | #2,722 | 63 | #4,200 | 25 |
| 2023 | #2,852 | 59 | #4,456 | 23 |
| 2022 | #2,510 | 71 | #4,850 | 20 |
| 2021 | #2,366 | 76 | #4,118 | 25 |
| 2020 | #3,221 | 48 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #3,085 | 52 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #3,396 | 46 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #3,091 | 52 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #3,280 | 49 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #2,278 | 82 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #2,176 | 87 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #1,990 | 98 | #4,804 | 19 |
| 2012 | #2,115 | 90 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #1,874 | 107 | #4,659 | 20 |
| 2010 | #2,405 | 78 | #4,366 | 22 |
| 2009 | #2,425 | 79 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #2,855 | 62 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #3,247 | 52 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #9,265 | 5 |
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| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #8,800 | 5 |
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| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1994
The first year at least five girls were named Izel! It came in at #9,586, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1996, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Izel is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Illinois#1,240 · 1 in 7,388
- California#1,651 · 1 in 12,440
- Texas#2,038 · 1 in 16,054
Best ever in a state: #694 in California, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #1,240 | 6 | 1 in 7,388 |
| California | #1,651 | 13 | 1 in 12,440 |
| Texas | #2,038 | 10 | 1 in 16,054 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 100 spots since 2024 (#2,722 → #2,822)
- 399 spots since 2020 (#3,221 → #2,822)
- 544 spots since 2015 (#2,278 → #2,822)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1994
- Peaked 2011 at #1,874 (107 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,440
- Highest: 1 in 16,440 girls born in 2011 were named Izel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,788 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 48.6% of all girls named Izel (741) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1994
- Mostly boys until 1993, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36 | #8,766 (1995) | #10,978 |
| 2000s | 370 | #2,425 (2009) | #4,731 |
| 2010s | 741 | #1,874 (2011) | #2,569 |
| 2020s | 377 | #2,366 (2021) | #2,749 |
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.
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