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Isabel name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Isabel ranks #177 in female records (1,746 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#177 · 1,746 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 80 female records (1,826 to 1,746); rank moved from #167 to #177.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 171 female records (1,917 to 1,746); rank moved from #146 to #177.
2025 male rank and count
No published 2025 observation. A missing observation is not zero.
Peak year in available data
2016: 2,120 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Isabel becoming more popular?

Isabel's reported female count decreased by 80 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #167 to #177. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published male observation for Isabel. That is not a count of zero.

Isabel in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for IsabelFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.2,1200201620252016: 2,120 female records2017: 2,036 female records2018: 2,068 female records2019: 2,059 female records2020: 1,771 female records2021: 1,917 female records2022: 1,858 female records2023: 1,753 female records2024: 1,826 female records2025: 1,746 female records2016: 5 male records2019: 5 male records2022: 5 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20251,746177——
20241,826167——
20231,753164——
20221,858156513,094
20211,917146——
20201,771157——
20192,059134512,896
20182,068139——
20172,036145——
20162,120145512,961

Questions about Isabel’s popularity

How common is Isabel in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Isabel ranks #177 in female records (1,746 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Isabel?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Isabel only.

Can I compare this name with my partner?

Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving Isabel creates a match.

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