NameTides

Isabel

Isabel was the #176 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,746 babies), and #184 in England & Wales and #190 in Canada.

Isabel as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Isabel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSEngland & WalesCanadaScotlandNorthern Ireland
Isabel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#176 (1,746)#184 (271)#211 (18)#259 (6)#127 (37)#190 (157)——
2024#167 (1,826)#169 (294)#431 (7)#253 (6)#94 (51)#238 (121)——
2023#164 (1,753)#145 (341)#482 (6)#328 (4)#95 (53)#195 (142)——
2022#156 (1,858)#147 (333)#303 (11)#354 (4)#105 (49)#179 (155)——
2021#146 (1,917)#133 (374)#339 (10)#298 (5)#110 (49)#163 (174)——
2020#157 (1,771)#136 (366)#544 (5)#333 (4)#136 (37)#160 (168)#94 (77)#89 (67)
2019#134 (2,059)#142 (351)#322 (11)#263 (6)#89 (64)#150 (190)#90 (80)—
2018#139 (2,068)#138 (381)#415 (8)—#99 (60)#187 (158)—#100 (54)
2017#145 (2,036)#122 (450)#237 (18)#215 (8)#111 (54)#164 (182)#93 (77)#95 (58)
2016#145 (2,120)#110 (514)#413 (8)#353 (4)#95 (60)#170 (182)#88 (81)#79 (67)
2015#149 (2,177)#110 (518)#227 (18)#269 (6)#105 (59)#172 (180)#69 (98)#84 (59)
2014#144 (2,331)#92 (608)#430 (8)#229 (8)#87 (76)#176 (192)#77 (91)#66 (75)
2013#136 (2,341)#85 (645)#387 (9)#370 (4)#75 (86)#168 (192)#80 (88)#73 (75)
2012#134 (2,383)#76 (774)#426 (8)—#82 (80)#202 (166)#80 (91)#76 (68)
2011#128 (2,413)#66 (857)#273 (15)#246 (7)#71 (101)#163 (198)#94 (79)#46 (87)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2003 at #83.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 920 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 920common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 930common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 990common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 570common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 950common

Next year

On its recent trend, Isabel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 930 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 900 to 1 in 970.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Isabel by state, 2025Alaska: #90AKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #220WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #116WAIdaho: #244IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #138MNIllinois: #157ILMichigan: #206MINew York: #144NYMassachusetts: #102MAOregon: #119ORNevada: #119NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #188SDIowa: #301IAIndiana: #359INOhio: #280OHPennsylvania: #264PANew Jersey: #174NJConnecticut: #175CTRhode Island: #103RICalifornia: #108CAUtah: #239UTColorado: #131CONebraska: #267NEMissouri: #265MOKentucky: #227KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #204VAMaryland: #156MDDelaware: #115DEArizona: #106AZNew Mexico: #111NMKansas: #201KSArkansas: #250ARTennessee: #282TNNorth Carolina: #212NCSouth Carolina: #219SCDistrict of Columbia: #73DCOklahoma: #151OKLouisiana: #369LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #372ALGeorgia: #305GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #146TXFlorida: #171FL
Isabel (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#22254
Quebec2025#5009

Isabel (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IsabelCanadaGirls#190157
IsabelEngland & WalesGirls#184271
IsabelIrelandGirls#12737
IsabelNorthern IrelandGirls#2596
IsabelNSWGirls—too few
IsabelScotlandGirls#21118
IsabelUSGirls#1761,746
IsabelUSBoys—too few
IsabelVICGirls—too few