Girls' name · since 1971
Isolde
Isolde has 347 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,707 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,971 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 347
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Isolde currently ranks #5971 among girls' names in America, with 347 babies recorded since 1971.
Isolde has 347 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5971 as of the latest data, more common than 65% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #14,707 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,971 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 347 born since 1971
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Isolde ranks #14,707 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,971 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 347 born since 1971, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,707 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,971 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 347
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Isolde's 347 recorded births place it above 79.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Isolde compares
347 48th 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
Isolde's all-time total is 8% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Isolde | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 347 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Isolde's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Isolde splits its recorded history at 2015: 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 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Isolde popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Isolde by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (169 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Isolde's strongest decade.
169 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Isolde births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 66
2000s
66 births
- 2010s
2010s
169 births
- 2020s
2020s
101 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 169 births (49% of all-time use).
Isolde by state
Where Isolde concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 4.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 6 | 1.7% |
17 of 347 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Isolde's data
- Isolde's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (169 total births) through the 2020s (101) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Isoldes (17 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 Isolde: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Isolde 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.