Girls' name · peaked in 2010
Isabella name popularity since 1925
411,676 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Isabella. Half of them were born in 2011 or earlier, so the typical Isabella is about 15 years old in 2026. Isabella peaked in 2010 as the #1 name for girls, and it ranked #7 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 411,676
- Named Isabella, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #7
- for girls in 2025 (10,666 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 411,223 girls · 453 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 2.69× its national share
Peak year is the year Isabella made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Isabella births per year, 1925–2025
2010 was the biggest year for Isabella both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1989 and 1994, Isabella became 9.4× more common, from 1 in 13,200 baby girls to 1 in 1,400.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Isabella's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Isabella.
Decade by decade
Babies named Isabella in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 907 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 1,079 | 0 | #695 |
| 1940s | 774 | 0 | #969 |
| 1950s | 590 | 0 | #1,297 |
| 1960s | 429 | 0 | #1,837 |
| 1970s | 296 | 0 | #2,533 |
| 1980s | 567 | 0 | #2,675 |
| 1990s | 18,762 | 12 | #174 |
| 2000s | 149,571 | 201 | #6 |
| 2010s | 170,605 | 190 | #5 |
| 2020–25 | 67,643 | 50 | #7 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
54.3% of babies named Isabella from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Isabella is most popular
The index compares Isabella's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Isabella.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 2.69× | 3,966 |
| Florida | 2.26× | 33,744 |
| Arizona | 1.88× | 10,069 |
| California | 1.45× | 63,346 |
| Delaware | 1.32× | 1,130 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Isabella and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Isabella (this page) | 411,223 | 2010 |
| Izabella | 31,149 | 2010 |
| Isabela | 12,698 | 2004 |
| Ysabella | 2,014 | 2009 |
| Issabella | 1,810 | 2010 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Isabella's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Isabella.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Isabella (2010).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data