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Isabell

Isabell was the #2,139 girls' name in the US in 2025 (87 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Isabell as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Isabell as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanada
Isabell as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#2,139 (87)#1,719 (17)—#2,730 (7)
2024#2,282 (81)#3,016 (8)——
2023#2,336 (78)#1,774 (16)—#2,900 (6)
2022#1,885 (107)#2,325 (11)—#2,553 (7)
2021#1,554 (135)#2,942 (8)#883 (3)#2,185 (9)
2020#1,668 (123)#1,556 (19)—#1,877 (11)
2019#1,773 (115)#2,170 (12)——
2018#1,506 (145)#1,649 (18)—#1,862 (11)
2017#1,482 (150)#1,411 (23)#873 (3)#2,041 (10)
2016#1,446 (159)#1,416 (23)#750 (4)#1,785 (12)
2015#1,287 (187)#1,497 (21)#896 (3)#2,011 (10)
2014#1,228 (199)#986 (37)#752 (4)#1,681 (13)
2013#1,144 (210)#1,128 (31)#894 (3)#1,913 (11)
2012#1,086 (228)#857 (44)#907 (3)#2,013 (10)
2011#981 (261)#635 (63)#937 (3)#1,305 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1903 at #313.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Isabell is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 24,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 32,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Isabell by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Isabell (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IsabellCanadaGirls#2,7307
IsabellEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
IsabellIrelandGirls—too few
IsabellNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
IsabellUSGirls#2,13987
IsabellUSBoys—too few