Girls' name · since 1880
Isabelle
107,762 babies named Isabelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #357 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #166 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 107,762
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
107,762 babies have been named Isabelle since 1880, making it today's #166 girls' name.
Isabelle has 107,762 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #166 as of the latest data, more common than 99.0% of girls, 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 1880 to 2025.
- #357 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #166 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 107,762 born since 1880
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isabelle ranks #357 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #166 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 107,762 born since 1880, peaking in the 2000s.
- #357 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #166 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 107,762
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Isabelle's 107,762 recorded births place it above 99.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Isabelle compares
107,762 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Isabelle's all-time total is 287x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Isabelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 107,762 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 4,106 | 21 | 19,840 |
Isabelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Isabelle splits its recorded history at 1953: 77% of all births land in the more recent half, 23% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1982 (33 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 4,106 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Isabelle popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 4,106
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Isabelle popularity over time - boys
20 total births recorded since 2004 (Isabelle as boys' name)
Isabelle by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (32,871 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Isabelle's strongest decade.
32,871 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Isabelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,092
1880s
1,092 births
- 1890s 1,890
1890s
1,890 births
- 1900s 2,514
1900s
2,514 births
- 1910s 7,255
1910s
7,255 births
- 1920s 6,964
1920s
6,964 births
- 1930s 2,761
1930s
2,761 births
- 1940s 1,470
1940s
1,470 births
- 1950s 1,028
1950s
1,028 births
- 1960s 817
1960s
817 births
- 1970s 465
1970s
465 births
- 1980s 692
1980s
692 births
- 1990s 7,276
1990s
7,276 births
- 2000s
2000s
32,871 births
- 2010s
2010s
28,507 births
- 2020s 12,160
2020s
12,160 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 32,871 births (31% of all-time use).
How Isabelle compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Isabelle's total volume
Isabelle by state
Where Isabelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10,271 | 9.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 8,024 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5,461 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 4,966 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 4,534 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 4,130 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 4,095 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Florida | | 3,933 | 3.6% |
10,271 of 107,762 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Isabelle appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Isabelle's data
- Isabelle's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (32,871 total births) through the 2020s (12,160) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Isabelles (10,271 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Isabelle
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Isabelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Isabelle 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.