How Many People Are Named Isabel?
people named Isabel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,289 people in the US has this name
Based on 133,977 babies named Isabel in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
4,019 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval Occitan form of ELIZABETH. It spread throughout Spain, Portugal and France, becoming common among the royalty by the 12th century. It grew popular in England in the 13th century after Isabella of Angoulême married the English king John, and it was subsequently bolstered when Isabella of France married Edward II the following century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Isabel in English. Counting Isabel and these spellings together, about 192,817 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Isabel, 99.1% were girls and 0.9% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Isabel alive today is about 25 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Isabel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2006, to 4,019 babies. In 2025, 1,746 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Isabel never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #83, in 2003, and it was in the top 100 for 10 years, 1999 to 2008. In 2025 it ranked #177.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #177 |
| Best rank | #83 (2003) |
| Years in the top 100 | 10 (1999 to 2008) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #93 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Isabel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Isabel were born in California than in any other state: about 22,549 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Isabel was given 3.6 times as often in New Mexico, 1.7 times in Arizona and 1.7 times in California.
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