Girls' name · since 1996
Isobella
Isobella has 243 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,853 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,727 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 243
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Isobella is the #15727 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 243 recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Isobella recorded 243 times among girls since 1996, holding rank #15727 nationally today, ahead of 9% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #17,853 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,727 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 243 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isobella ranks #17,853 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,727 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 243 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,853 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,727 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 243
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Isobella's 243 recorded births place it above 75.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Isobella compares
243 41st 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
Isobella's all-time total is 35% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Isobella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 243 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Isobella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Isobella's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Isobella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Isobella by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (108 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Isobella's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Isobella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
108 births
- 2010s
2010s
97 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 108 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Isobella's decade-level peak was the 2000s (108 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Isobella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Isobella 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.