Isabell — #2294 US girls' name
15,184 babies named Isabell in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 87% of names given to girls today.
19% of everyone ever named Isabell was born in this single decade.
388 babies were named Isabell in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Isabell
The Social Security Administration has registered 15,184 babies named Isabell between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Isabell currently holds the #2294 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 388 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Isabell performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,884 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Isabell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,093 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Isabell in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Isabell 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 15,184 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.
Isabell at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Isabell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2006)
- 388
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #2294 among girls.
15,184 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 388 births in a single year.
Isabell popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1929 (Isabell as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Isabell accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Isabell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,884 births that decade — 19% of Isabell's all-time total
Isabell decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,884 births
- Runner-up 2,288 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Isabell's strongest decade
2,884 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Isabell by state
Where Isabell concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,093 | 7.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,028 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 679 | 4.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 603 | 4.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 437 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 426 | 2.8% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 424 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 370 | 2.4% |
1,093 of 15,184 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.2% of nationwide
- Texas 6.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.5% of nationwide
- New York 4.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 42 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Isabell appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.