Isabella — #7 US girls' name
406,196 babies named Isabella in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.9% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Isabella was born in this single decade.
22,935 babies were named Isabella in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Isabella
The Social Security Administration has registered 406,196 babies named Isabella between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Isabella currently holds the #7 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 22,935 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Isabella performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 170,559 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Isabella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 61,851 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Isabella in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Isabella 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 406,196 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.
Isabella at a glance
Top 10 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Isabella popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2010)
- 22,935
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently a top-10 pick among girls.
406,196 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 22,935 births in a single year.
Isabella popularity over time — boys
452 total births recorded since 1997 (Isabella as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Isabella accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Isabella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 170,559 births that decade — 42% of Isabella's all-time total
Isabella decade highlights
- Peak decade 170,559 births
- Runner-up 149,569 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Isabella's strongest decade
170,559 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Isabella by state
Where Isabella concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 61,851 | 15.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 40,834 | 10.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 32,742 | 8.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 28,811 | 7.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 16,478 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 15,418 | 3.8% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 13,893 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 12,918 | 3.2% |
61,851 of 406,196 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 15.2% of nationwide
- Texas 10.1% of nationwide
- Florida 8.1% of nationwide
- New York 7.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Isabella appears in 51 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.