Girls' name · since 1926
Isela
Isela has 5,925 recorded births since 1926 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,298 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,932 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,925
- born since 1926
- 2000s
- peak decade
Isela currently ranks #1932 among girls' names in America, with 5,925 babies recorded since 1926.
Isela has 5,925 recorded births among girls since 1926, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1932 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 2025.
- #2,298 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,932 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,925 born since 1926
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isela ranks #2,298 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,932 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,925 born since 1926, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,298 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,932 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,925
- born since 1926
- 2000s
- peak decade
Isela's 5,925 recorded births place it above 96.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Isela compares
5,925 Top 13% higher than 87% of 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
Isela's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Isela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,925 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 196 | 21 | 19,840 |
Isela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Isela's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 75% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 25%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1928, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 196, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Isela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 196
- Annual births at peak, across 100 years of records
Isela by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,312 births, 22% of the file).
2000s was Isela's strongest decade.
1,312 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Isela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1930s 22
1930s
22 births
- 1940s 67
1940s
67 births
- 1950s 144
1950s
144 births
- 1960s 232
1960s
232 births
- 1970s
1970s
903 births
- 1980s
1980s
704 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,153 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,312 births
- 2010s
2010s
776 births
- 2020s
2020s
600 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,312 births (22% of all-time use).
How Isela compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Isela's total volume
Isela by state
Where Isela concentrates geographically, total births since 1926
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,088 | 35.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,789 | 30.2% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 297 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 241 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 36 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Washington | | 34 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 22 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 11 | 0.2% |
2,088 of 5,925 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Isela appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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- Isela's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (1,312 total births) through the 2020s (600) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Iselas (2,088 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Isela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~99 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, 1926–2025 (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 Isela 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.