Girls' name · since 2003
Issabela
Issabela has 76 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,183 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Issabela sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 76 recorded since 2003.
Issabela has 76 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2003 to 2024.
- #30,183 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 76 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Issabela ranks #30,183 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 76 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,183 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Issabela's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Issabela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Issabela's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Issabela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2024
- Peak year (2011)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Issabela by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (35 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Issabela's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Issabela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 35 births (46% of all-time use).
Issabela by state
Where Issabela concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 14.5% |
11 of 76 births nationwide.
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- Issabela's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (35 total births) through the 2020s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Issabelas (11 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 Issabela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~21 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, 2003–2024 (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 Issabela 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.