Isabella
Isabella is ranked 7th among girls in 2024 (10,770 births). It was the number one girl’s name in 2009–2010.
- Rank in 2024
- #7same as 2023
- Births in 2024
- 10,7700.67% of girls
- Peak year
- 201022,935 births
- Best rank
- #1first in 2009
- Since 1880
- 406,196people given the name
The story in the numbers
406,196 girls have been named Isabella in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2010, with 22,935 births — 1.3% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 4 → 7).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 42%. It has spent 104 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 27 of them in the top 100 and 21 in the top 10.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Isabella | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 603 | |
| 1890s | 903 | |
| 1900s | 1,038 | |
| 1910s | 2,046 | |
| 1920s | 2,095 | |
| 1930s | 1,079 | |
| 1940s | 774 | |
| 1950s | 590 | |
| 1960s | 429 | |
| 1970s | 300 | |
| 1980s | 566 | |
| 1990s | 18,761 | |
| 2000s | 149,569 | |
| 2010s | 170,559 | |
| 2020s | 56,884 |
In 2010, its biggest year
Isabella was the most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2010 were Isabella, Sophia, Emma, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2010.
Names that rose and fell with Isabella
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aislinpeak 2013
- Liyahpeak 2005
- Amiahpeak 2008
- Lilliannepeak 2013
- Madalynnpeak 2009
- Kameapeak 2010
- Jaliahpeak 2011
- Sakurapeak 2012
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.