Isela — #1849 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Isela

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,824 babies named Isela between 1926 and 2024, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Isela currently holds the #1849 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 196 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Isela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,312 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Isela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,061 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Isela in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Isela 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 5,824 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.