Isadora — #1221 US girls' name
4,490 babies named Isadora in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Isadora was born in this single decade.
192 babies were named Isadora in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Isadora
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,490 babies named Isadora between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Isadora currently holds the #1221 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 192 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Isadora performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,500 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Isadora shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 437 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Isadora in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Isadora 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 4,490 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.
Isadora at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Isadora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2024)
- 192
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1221 among girls.
4,490 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 192 births in a single year.
Isadora by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,500 births that decade — 33% of Isadora's all-time total
Isadora decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,500 births
- Runner-up 871 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Isadora's strongest decade
1,500 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Isadora by state
Where Isadora concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 437 | 9.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 304 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 237 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 224 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Texas | | 197 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 84 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 84 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Washington | | 64 | 1.4% |
437 of 4,490 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.7% of nationwide
- New York 6.8% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 5.3% of nationwide
- Florida 5.0% of nationwide
- Texas 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 25 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Isadora appears in 25 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.