Isabelle — #171 US girls' name
105,918 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.
More common than 99.0% of names given to girls today.
31% of everyone ever named Isabelle was born in this single decade.
4,105 babies were named Isabelle in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Isabelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 105,918 babies named Isabelle between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Isabelle currently holds the #171 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 4,105 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Isabelle performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 32,868 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Isabelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10,065 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Isabelle in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Isabelle 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 105,918 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.
Isabelle at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Isabelle popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2007)
- 4,105
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #171 among girls.
105,918 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 4,105 births in a single year.
Isabelle popularity over time — boys
20 total births recorded since 2004 (Isabelle as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Isabelle accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Isabelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 32,868 births that decade — 31% of Isabelle's all-time total
Isabelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 32,868 births
- Runner-up 28,503 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Isabelle's strongest decade
32,868 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Isabelle by state
Where Isabelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10,065 | 9.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 7,906 | 7.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5,335 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 4,902 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 4,473 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 4,054 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 4,027 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Florida | | 3,835 | 3.6% |
10,065 of 105,918 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.5% of nationwide
- New York 7.5% of nationwide
- Texas 5.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Isabelle 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.