Girls' name · since 1919
Isabele
Since 1919, U.S. Social Security records show 181 babies named Isabele, peaking in 2003. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,837 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 181
- born since 1919
- 2000s
- peak decade
Isabele sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 181 recorded since 1919.
Isabele has 181 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2023.
- #20,837 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 181 born since 1919
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isabele ranks #20,837 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 181 born since 1919, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,837 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 181
- born since 1919
- 2000s
- peak decade
Isabele's 181 recorded births place it above 71.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Isabele's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Isabele's full recorded timeline at 2006, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Isabele popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2023
- Peak year (2003)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2023.
181 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 16 births in a single year.
Isabele by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (112 births, 62% of the file).
2000s was Isabele's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Isabele births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
112 births
- 2010s 36
2010s
36 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 112 births (62% of all-time use).
Isabele decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Isabele's data
- Isabele's decade-level peak was the 2000s (112 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Isabele: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~104 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1919–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Isabele draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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