Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Isabella

#87 most common girls' name of all time · #170 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#87
Rank overall
#170 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
417,454
Since 2016
125,856
Peak year
2010 #1
Best rank
#1 2009
Girls Boys peak 22,966/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Isabella is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 10,666 — 10,666 #7
2024 10,810 8 10,818 #7
2023 10,871 8 10,879 #7
2022 11,761 13 11,774 #6
2021 11,309 9 11,318 #7
2020 12,226 12 12,238 #7
2019 13,407 16 13,423 #5
2018 14,575 15 14,590 #4
2017 15,263 12 15,275 #4
2016 14,863 12 14,875 #5
2015 15,667 21 15,688 #5
2014 17,136 22 17,158 #4
2013 17,689 18 17,707 #4
2012 19,138 18 19,156 #3
2011 19,931 26 19,957 #2
2010 22,936 30 22,966 #1
2009 22,321 27 22,348 #1
2008 18,629 27 18,656 #2
2007 19,143 21 19,164 #2
2006 18,231 18 18,249 #4
2005 15,197 16 15,213 #6
2004 15,021 49 15,070 #7
2003 13,781 18 13,799 #12
2002 12,171 11 12,182 #14
2001 8,835 6 8,841 #28
2000 6,242 8 6,250 #45
1999 5,060 7 5,067 #60
1998 3,851 — 3,851 #84
1997 2,862 5 2,867 #114
1996 2,112 — 2,112 #151
1995 1,739 — 1,739 #174
1994 1,277 — 1,277 #222
1993 831 — 831 #318
1992 508 — 508 #487
1991 305 — 305 #699
1990 217 — 217 #890
1989 140 — 140 #1,169
1988 81 — 81 #1,600
1987 75 — 75 #1,630
1986 60 — 60 #1,866
1985 36 — 36 #2,657
1984 36 — 36 #2,575
1983 31 — 31 #2,783
1982 34 — 34 #2,706
1981 38 — 38 #2,489
1980 36 — 36 #2,605
1979 22 — 22 #3,544
1978 26 — 26 #3,010
1977 23 — 23 #3,270
1976 22 — 22 #3,189
1975 31 — 31 #2,517
1974 28 — 28 #2,616
1973 32 — 32 #2,350
1972 31 — 31 #2,356
1971 42 — 42 #2,002
1970 39 — 39 #2,082
1969 30 — 30 #2,350
1968 23 — 23 #2,631
1967 43 — 43 #1,751
1966 45 — 45 #1,670
1965 39 — 39 #1,829
1964 46 — 46 #1,708
1963 50 — 50 #1,599
1962 47 — 47 #1,651
1961 53 — 53 #1,553
1960 53 — 53 #1,523
1959 48 — 48 #1,567
1958 53 — 53 #1,469
1957 65 — 65 #1,316
1956 64 — 64 #1,299
1955 61 — 61 #1,292
1954 53 — 53 #1,377
1953 63 — 63 #1,213
1952 63 — 63 #1,195
1951 65 — 65 #1,160
1950 55 — 55 #1,241
1949 68 — 68 #1,090
1948 77 — 77 #993
1947 82 — 82 #976
1946 74 — 74 #970
1945 64 — 64 #968
1944 75 — 75 #883
1943 90 — 90 #816
1942 72 — 72 #921
1941 96 — 96 #719
1940 76 — 76 #817
1939 86 — 86 #735
1938 100 — 100 #687
1937 105 — 105 #664
1936 80 — 80 #748
1935 93 — 93 #693
1934 90 — 90 #703
1933 116 — 116 #603
1932 128 — 128 #581
1931 139 — 139 #554
1930 142 — 142 #571
1929 155 — 155 #548
1928 178 — 178 #519
1927 182 — 182 #523
1926 187 — 187 #510
1925 205 — 205 #489
1924 231 — 231 #457
1923 228 — 228 #454
1922 241 — 241 #427
1921 236 — 236 #449
1920 252 — 252 #419
1919 274 — 274 #391
1918 254 — 254 #411
1917 237 — 237 #410
1916 246 — 246 #401
1915 242 — 242 #387
1914 187 — 187 #389
1913 165 — 165 #376
1912 161 — 161 #361
1911 129 — 129 #353
1910 151 — 151 #311
1909 97 — 97 #375
1908 112 — 112 #337
1907 126 — 126 #310
1906 110 — 110 #318
1905 105 — 105 #329
1904 88 — 88 #348
1903 96 — 96 #318
1902 84 — 84 #346
1901 92 — 92 #315
1900 128 — 128 #290
1899 94 — 94 #305
1898 86 — 86 #336
1897 86 — 86 #313
1896 88 — 88 #310
1895 90 — 90 #305
1894 92 — 92 #288
1893 109 — 109 #251
1892 88 — 88 #285
1891 79 — 79 #278
1890 91 — 91 #262
1889 80 — 80 #262
1888 63 — 63 #296
1887 58 — 58 #279
1886 80 — 80 #230
1885 48 — 48 #290
1884 76 — 76 #216
1883 54 — 54 #245
1882 44 — 44 #262
1881 50 — 50 #217
1880 50 — 50 #215