Isabela — #644 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Isabela

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,269 babies named Isabela between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Isabela currently holds the #644 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 695 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Isabela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 5,336 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Isabela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,253 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Isabela in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Isabela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 12,269 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.