Isabel
Rank in 2025
#176
recorded as girls
Down 9 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,746
girls 1,746
Peak year
2003
3,853 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
133,977
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Isabel was most popular in 2003, when 3,853 babies recorded as girls got the name (2.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,746 babies were named Isabel, ranking #176 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,746 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 1,826 | 167 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,753 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,858 | 156 | 5 | 12330 |
| 2021 | 1,917 | 146 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,771 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 2,059 | 134 | 5 | 12145 |
| 2018 | 2,068 | 139 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 2,036 | 145 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 2,120 | 145 | 5 | 12185 |
| 2015 | 2,177 | 149 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 2,331 | 144 | 5 | 12108 |
| 2013 | 2,341 | 136 | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | 2,383 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 2,413 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 2,658 | 116 | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | 2,988 | 109 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 3,489 | 97 | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | 3,864 | 87 | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | 4,009 | 87 | 10 | 7427 |
| 2005 | 3,611 | 89 | 9 | 7640 |
| 2004 | 3,638 | 88 | 14 | 5492 |
| 2003 | 3,853 | 83 | 10 | 6715 |
| 2002 | 3,651 | 85 | 9 | 7055 |
| 2001 | 3,491 | 88 | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | 3,448 | 94 | 12 | 5588 |
| 1999 | 3,405 | 97 | 14 | 4762 |
| 1998 | 2,827 | 118 | 9 | 6314 |
| 1997 | 2,259 | 141 | 7 | 7281 |
| 1996 | 1,470 | 197 | 11 | 5187 |
| 1995 | 1,297 | 217 | 12 | 4791 |
| 1994 | 1,131 | 244 | 12 | 4803 |
| 1993 | 1,076 | 257 | 20 | 3246 |
| 1992 | 1,053 | 267 | 22 | 2999 |
| 1991 | 801 | 330 | 17 | 3462 |
| 1990 | 785 | 339 | 18 | 3309 |
| 1989 | 613 | 404 | 19 | 3094 |
| 1988 | 558 | 418 | 8 | 5200 |
| 1987 | 494 | 445 | 21 | 2559 |
| 1986 | 484 | 447 | 12 | 3653 |
| 1985 | 515 | 427 | 18 | 2710 |
| 1984 | 419 | 483 | 13 | 3270 |
| 1983 | 430 | 469 | 15 | 2912 |
| 1982 | 487 | 442 | 8 | 4593 |
| 1981 | 466 | 459 | 14 | 3030 |
| 1980 | 496 | 435 | 12 | 3430 |
| 1979 | 424 | 481 | 12 | 3357 |
| 1978 | 365 | 511 | 15 | 2799 |
| 1977 | 392 | 484 | 15 | 2791 |
| 1976 | 411 | 464 | 20 | 2245 |
| 1975 | 408 | 461 | 20 | 2205 |
| 1974 | 381 | 473 | 9 | 3558 |
| 1973 | 352 | 494 | 7 | 4054 |
| 1972 | 356 | 497 | 10 | 3152 |
| 1971 | 436 | 463 | 19 | 2126 |
| 1970 | 415 | 483 | 18 | 2125 |
| 1969 | 384 | 496 | 11 | 2682 |
| 1968 | 381 | 496 | 11 | 2576 |
| 1967 | 352 | 505 | 13 | 2242 |
| 1966 | 354 | 497 | 10 | 2627 |
| 1965 | 327 | 527 | 16 | 1987 |
| 1964 | 390 | 493 | 15 | 2114 |
| 1963 | 380 | 498 | 13 | 2300 |
| 1962 | 393 | 490 | 10 | 2673 |
| 1961 | 366 | 511 | 20 | 1823 |
| 1960 | 391 | 492 | 15 | 2121 |
| 1959 | 390 | 492 | 20 | 1806 |
| 1958 | 359 | 506 | 15 | 2093 |
| 1957 | 440 | 449 | 13 | 2274 |
| 1956 | 405 | 456 | 25 | 1568 |
| 1955 | 450 | 417 | 15 | 2048 |
| 1954 | 368 | 461 | 17 | 1887 |
| 1953 | 480 | 389 | 18 | 1836 |
| 1952 | 419 | 411 | 18 | 1804 |
| 1951 | 368 | 438 | 18 | 1774 |
| 1950 | 362 | 421 | 15 | 1941 |
| 1949 | 394 | 402 | 25 | 1462 |
| 1948 | 374 | 409 | 32 | 1280 |
| 1947 | 378 | 414 | 23 | 1555 |
| 1946 | 353 | 408 | 29 | 1299 |
| 1945 | 275 | 430 | 20 | 1494 |
| 1944 | 309 | 407 | 21 | 1483 |
| 1943 | 356 | 387 | 22 | 1486 |
| 1942 | 333 | 391 | 34 | 1193 |
| 1941 | 335 | 367 | 26 | 1300 |
| 1940 | 328 | 359 | 27 | 1288 |
| 1939 | 340 | 345 | 18 | 1578 |
| 1938 | 350 | 343 | 28 | 1247 |
| 1937 | 399 | 310 | 22 | 1444 |
| 1936 | 376 | 312 | 35 | 1095 |
| 1935 | 425 | 292 | 27 | 1295 |
| 1934 | 430 | 300 | 25 | 1357 |
| 1933 | 450 | 284 | 20 | 1540 |
| 1932 | 516 | 272 | 21 | 1548 |
| 1931 | 561 | 258 | 33 | 1194 |
| 1930 | 595 | 257 | 33 | 1235 |
| 1929 | 672 | 235 | 35 | 1173 |
| 1928 | 651 | 248 | 37 | 1165 |
| 1927 | 731 | 239 | 40 | 1128 |
| 1926 | 744 | 238 | 31 | 1296 |
| 1925 | 900 | 212 | 38 | 1144 |
| 1924 | 911 | 215 | 36 | 1204 |
| 1923 | 855 | 221 | 15 | 2123 |
| 1922 | 888 | 218 | 22 | 1644 |
| 1921 | 971 | 207 | 32 | 1296 |
| 1920 | 992 | 199 | 29 | 1348 |
| 1919 | 957 | 196 | 24 | 1481 |
| 1918 | 1,041 | 190 | 19 | 1767 |
| 1917 | 931 | 197 | 17 | 1815 |
| 1916 | 1,000 | 183 | 11 | 2389 |
| 1915 | 943 | 177 | 13 | 2070 |
| 1914 | 747 | 179 | 9 | 2271 |
| 1913 | 657 | 177 | 6 | 2496 |
| 1912 | 556 | 175 | 10 | 1619 |
| 1911 | 447 | 168 | 10 | 1117 |
| 1910 | 389 | 176 | 10 | 1045 |
| 1909 | 356 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 351 | 168 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 326 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 317 | 169 | 5 | 1253 |
| 1905 | 292 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 271 | 180 | 6 | 1064 |
| 1903 | 257 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 256 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 214 | 194 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 286 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 243 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 252 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 210 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 232 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 212 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 241 | 168 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 189 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 158 | 200 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 150 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 160 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 153 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 144 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 109 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 131 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 102 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 102 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 83 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 72 | 194 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 76 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 81 | 161 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years