Girls' name · since 1997
Isbel
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 28 babies named Isbel, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #41,747 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,880 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 28
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
28 babies have been named Isbel since 1997, making it today's #13880 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Isbel recorded 28 times among girls since 1997, holding rank #13880 nationally today, ahead of 20% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #41,747 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,880 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 28 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isbel ranks #41,747 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,880 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 28 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #41,747 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,880 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 28
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Isbel's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Isbel compares
28 10th percentile among 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
Isbel's all-time total is 93% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Isbel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 28 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Isbel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Isbel splits its recorded history at 2019: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Isbel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Isbel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Isbel's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Isbel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (43% of all-time use).
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Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Isbel 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.