Isabelle
Isabelle is ranked 170th among girls in 2024 (1,778 births). Its best rank was 79th, in 2007.
- Rank in 2024
- #170down 11 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,7780.11% of girls
- Peak year
- 20074,105 births
- Best rank
- #79in 2007
- Since 1880
- 105,918people given the name
The story in the numbers
105,918 girls have been named Isabelle in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 4,105 births — 0.21% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 96 → 170).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2000s alone account for 31%. It has spent 110 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 8 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Isabelle | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,092 | |
| 1890s | 1,890 | |
| 1900s | 2,514 | |
| 1910s | 7,255 | |
| 1920s | 6,964 | |
| 1930s | 2,761 | |
| 1940s | 1,470 | |
| 1950s | 1,028 | |
| 1960s | 818 | |
| 1970s | 465 | |
| 1980s | 693 | |
| 1990s | 7,276 | |
| 2000s | 32,868 | |
| 2010s | 28,503 | |
| 2020s | 10,321 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Isabelle was the 79th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2007 were Emily, Isabella, Emma, Ava and Madison. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Isabelle
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Isabelpeak 2006
- Lilianpeak 2007
- Graciepeak 2007
- Sophiepeak 2011
- Lillypeak 2010
- Annabelpeak 2014
- Laniepeak 2006
- Phoebepeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.