How common is the name Isabella?

309,067 people in the United States have the first name Isabella, about 1 in 977. It ranks #164 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ISABELLA

#164

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
309,067
About
1 in 977
This common or more
38.1%
Who bears it

Of the 309,067 people named Isabella, 46.8% reported their origin as White, 41.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Isabella peaked in 2010, when 22,966 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
22,966
In 2025*
10,666 ▼54%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 417,454 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.

Isabella by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #6. The largest share of babies named Isabella, 53.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#459603
1890s#458903
1900s#5031,038
1910s#7092,046
1920s#8692,095
1930s#1,1831,079
1940s#1,605774
1950s#2,196590
1960s#2,829429
1970s#4,139296
1980s#3,140567
1990s#34418,774
2000s#26149,772
2010s#6170,795
2020s#1467,693
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.5%
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–961.8%
Generation Z 1997–1253.6%
2013 and later42.3%

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 Isabella is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Isabella has been most common in Nevada (2.9×), Florida (2.4×), and Arizona (2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.43×).

411,325 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 Isabella

#162 Kathryn · 316,032#163 Jamie · 312,010#165 Joan · 306,627#166 Dorothy · 304,932

Spelled almost the same

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

#435 Isabel · 129,711#696 Isabelle · 74,125#2,063 Isabela · 13,178#2,798 Isabell · 8,283#7,879 Issabella · 1,882#14,441 Isabelita · 816#14,661 Isbella · 800#19,654 Isabele · 535

Also a last name

As a last name, Isabella ranks #24,261 of 156,621, with 1,076 people. See Isabella as a last name

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