Girls' name · since 1914

Isobelle

106 babies named Isobelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#26,481 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,016 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
106
born since 1914
2010s
peak decade

Isobelle currently ranks #12016 among girls' names in America, with 106 babies recorded since 1914.

Social Security Administration records show Isobelle recorded 106 times among girls since 1914, holding rank #12016 nationally today, ahead of 31% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.

  • #26,481 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #12,016 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 106 born since 1914
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isobelle ranks #26,481 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,016 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 106 born since 1914, peaking in the 2010s.

#26,481 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,016 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
106
born since 1914
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%30.5%
Isobelle vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Isobelle's 106 recorded births place it above 63.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Isobelle compares

106 26th 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

Isobelle's all-time total is 72% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Isobelle Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 106 376 567,345
Peak-year births 8 21 19,840

Isobelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Isobelle splits its recorded history at 2010: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Isobelle popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2008)
8
Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
456789 1914200120082012201620212025 7

Isobelle by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (43 births, 41% of the file).

2010s was Isobelle's strongest decade.

43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.

Isobelle births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 43 births (41% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Isobelle?
106 babies have been named Isobelle since 1914. All-time, it sits at #26,481 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #12,016 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2008 with 8 births.
Where does Isobelle sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isobelle ranks #26,481 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,016 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Isobelle most popular?
Isobelle was most popular in the 2010s decade with 43 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Isobelle been used?
The SSA has tracked Isobelle since 1914 -- 112 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Isobelle?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Isobel, Isolde, Isola, Isobella, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Isobelle's data

  • Isobelle's decade-level peak was the 2010s (43 total births); usage has since declined to 13 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.

Keep exploring Isobelle

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Isobelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1914–2025 (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 Isobelle 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.