Girls' name · since 1923
Isobell
Isobell has 13 recorded births since 1923 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #50,953 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1923
- 1920s
- peak decade
Isobell sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 13 recorded since 1923.
Isobell has 13 recorded births among girls since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 1927.
- #50,953 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 1923
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isobell ranks #50,953 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1923, peaking in the 1920s.
- #50,953 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1923
- 1920s
- peak decade
Isobell's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Isobell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Isobell's full recorded timeline at 1927, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1923, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1927 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Isobell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1927
- Peak year (1927)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Isobell by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (13 births, 100% of the file).
1920s was Isobell's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Isobell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 13 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Isobell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~4 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, 1923–1927 (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 Isobell 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.