NameTides

Isabella

Isabella was the #7 girls' name in the US in 2025 (10,666 babies), and #10 in England & Wales and #27 in Canada.

Isabella as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Isabella 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesUSScotlandIrelandCanada
Isabella 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.051015201880192019602000
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#7 (10,666)#10 (1,690)#31 (114)#30 (50)#48 (99)#27 (581)#17 (237)#20 (199)
2024#7 (10,810)#11 (1,708)#50 (79)#44 (39)#55 (99)#24 (603)#12 (247)#19 (214)
2023#7 (10,871)#10 (1,795)#38 (101)#39 (47)#44 (118)#22 (620)#15 (244)#16 (197)
2022#6 (11,761)#9 (1,927)#38 (104)#38 (49)#45 (125)#22 (668)#16 (269)#14 (222)
2021#7 (11,309)#13 (2,010)#32 (121)#55 (41)#55 (106)#28 (667)#13 (290)#13 (248)
2020#7 (12,226)#8 (2,052)#39 (102)#51 (42)#50 (104)#29 (641)#13 (289)#18 (219)
2019#5 (13,407)#6 (2,398)#32 (126)#27 (68)#52 (114)#19 (799)#11 (302)#18 (244)
2018#4 (14,575)#7 (2,369)#41 (114)#34 (63)#41 (127)#21 (797)#12 (300)#15 (225)
2017#4 (15,263)#6 (2,627)#35 (133)#35 (56)#48 (130)#14 (886)#11 (334)#13 (241)
2016#5 (14,863)#6 (2,729)#34 (126)#38 (56)#62 (103)#16 (877)#11 (345)#18 (217)
2015#5 (15,667)#8 (2,876)#42 (112)#29 (78)#46 (135)#12 (968)#11 (347)#15 (223)
2014#4 (17,136)#7 (3,022)#35 (130)#37 (63)#41 (150)#11 (1,000)#9 (406)#14 (254)
2013#4 (17,689)#8 (3,246)#40 (126)#31 (77)#44 (149)#9 (1,018)#7 (485)#7 (327)
2012#3 (19,138)#10 (3,358)#43 (131)#31 (76)#50 (138)#8 (1,148)#9 (497)#11 (324)
2011#2 (19,931)#10 (3,464)#39 (143)#35 (76)#51 (154)#7 (1,284)#3 (560)#6 (359)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #1.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 150 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 7. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 150very common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 150very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 160very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 150very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 210common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 260common

Next year

On its recent trend, Isabella is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 150 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 150 to 1 in 160.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Isabella by state, 2025Alaska: #27AKMaine: #20MEWisconsin: #24WIVermont: #34VTNew Hampshire: #20NHWashington: #10WAIdaho: #18IDMontana: #33MTNorth Dakota: #40NDMinnesota: #23MNIllinois: #8ILMichigan: #11MINew York: #6NYMassachusetts: #5MAOregon: #18ORNevada: #4NVWyoming: #58WYSouth Dakota: #28SDIowa: #18IAIndiana: #13INOhio: #15OHPennsylvania: #6PANew Jersey: #5NJConnecticut: #7CTRhode Island: #6RICalifornia: #6CAUtah: #28UTColorado: #9CONebraska: #30NEMissouri: #19MOKentucky: #23KYWest Virginia: #44WVVirginia: #6VAMaryland: #8MDDelaware: #3DEArizona: #5AZNew Mexico: #7NMKansas: #19KSArkansas: #4ARTennessee: #12TNNorth Carolina: #6NCSouth Carolina: #9SCDistrict of Columbia: #18DCOklahoma: #7OKLouisiana: #19LAMississippi: #33MSAlabama: #23ALGeorgia: #5GAHawaii: #13HITexas: #3TXFlorida: #3FL
Isabella (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#16307
Quebec2025#10654

Isabella (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
IsabellaCanadaGirls#27581
IsabellaEngland & WalesGirls#101,690
IsabellaIrelandGirls#4899
IsabellaNorthern IrelandGirls#3050
IsabellaNSWGirls#17237
IsabellaScotlandGirls#31114
IsabellaUSGirls#710,666
IsabellaUSBoys—too few
IsabellaVICGirls#20199