How rare is the name Isabela?

13,178 people in the United States have the first name Isabela, about 1 in 22,919. It ranks #2,063 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ISABELA

#2,063

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,178
About
1 in 22,919
This common or more
78.3%
Who bears it

Of the 13,178 people named Isabela, 72.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 21.4% as White and 2.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Isabela peaked in 2004, when 695 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19822025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
695
In 2025*
426 ▼39%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,698 babies have been given the name since 1982. 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.

Isabela by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,026. The largest share of babies named Isabela, 56.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#13,54059
1990s#2,980846
2000s#1,0265,336
2010s#1,3563,961
2020s#1,3322,496
Millennials 1981–963.2%
Generation Z 1997–1256.9%
2013 and later39.8%

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 Isabela is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Isabela has been most common in Florida (3.1×), Arizona (2.1×), and California (2×), and least common in Louisiana (0.16×).

11,216 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 Isabela

#2,061 Alden · 13,184#2,062 Tamera · 13,181#2,064 Nash · 13,169#2,065 Dara · 13,148

Spelled almost the same

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

#164 Isabella · 309,067#435 Isabel · 129,711#696 Isabelle · 74,125#2,798 Isabell · 8,283#5,957 Isobel · 2,764#7,879 Issabella · 1,882#14,441 Isabelita · 816#14,661 Isbella · 800

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