Girls' name · since 1993
Isel
Isel has 292 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,096 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 292
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Isel is the #8096 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 292 recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isel has been recorded 292 times among girls since 1993, currently ranked #8096 nationally and more common than 53% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #16,137 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,096 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 292 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isel ranks #16,137 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,096 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 292 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,096 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 292
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Isel's 292 recorded births place it above 77.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Isel compares
292 45th 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
Isel's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Isel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 292 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 45 | 21 | 19,840 |
Isel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Isel's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 35% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 65%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 45, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Isel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Isel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (127 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Isel's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Isel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
127 births
- 2000s
2000s
99 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 34
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 127 births (43% of all-time use).
Isel by state
Where Isel concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 53 | 18.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 3.4% |
53 of 292 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Isel's data
- Isel's decade-level peak was the 1990s (127 total births); usage has since declined to 34 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Isels (53 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Isel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Isel 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.