How rare is the name Isabel?

129,711 people in the United States have the first name Isabel, about 1 in 2,328. It ranks #435 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ISABEL

#435

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
129,711
About
1 in 2,328
This common or more
55.9%
Who bears it

Of the 129,711 people named Isabel, 67% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 25.9% as White and 3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Isabel peaked in 2006, when 4,019 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
4,019
In 2025*
1,746 ▼57%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 133,977 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Isabel by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #209. The largest share of babies named Isabel, 38.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#3091,053
1890s#2802,047
1900s#2542,937
1910s#3167,797
1920s#3948,630
1930s#5314,704
1940s#7223,694
1950s#7824,215
1960s#8803,852
1970s#8634,085
1980s#7955,102
1990s#38316,246
2000s#20936,125
2010s#33022,614
2020s#37610,876
Before 19012.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2713.2%
Silent Generation 1928–456.1%
Baby boom 1946–645.8%
Generation X 1965–804.8%
Millennials 1981–969.2%
Generation Z 1997–1238.9%
2013 and later19.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Isabel is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Isabel has been most common in New Mexico (3.3×), Arizona (2.3×), and Nevada (2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.15×).

123,272 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Isabel

#433 Lucy · 130,370#434 Diego · 129,961#436 Vivian · 129,224#437 Fred · 129,142

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Isabel, most common first.

#2,063 Isabela · 13,178#2,798 Isabell · 8,283#5,957 Isobel · 2,764#19,654 Isabele · 535#25,135 Isbel · 379#28,490 Isabelo · 315#42,763 Isavel · 167

Also a last name

As a last name, Isabel ranks #24,212 of 156,621, with 1,078 people. See Isabel as a last name

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