Isabel is a familiar variant of Isabella that peaked in 2006 and has grown less common since.
Isabel is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #177 for girl births in the United States (and #390 across all names), given to 1,746 babies — 1,753 including U.S. territories. Isabel first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2006 (4,009 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,746 | 1,753 | #177 | — |
| 2024 | 1,826 | 1,841 | #167 | — |
| 2023 | 1,753 | 1,764 | #164 | — |
| 2022 | 1,863 | 1,876 | #156 | #13,094 |
| 2021 | 1,917 | 1,929 | #146 | — |
| 2020 | 1,771 | 1,787 | #157 | — |
| 2019 | 2,064 | 2,080 | #134 | #12,896 |
| 2018 | 2,068 | 2,081 | #139 | — |
| 2017 | 2,036 | 2,065 | #145 | — |
| 2016 | 2,125 | 2,144 | #145 | #12,961 |
| 2015 | 2,177 | 2,198 | #149 | — |
| 2014 | 2,336 | 2,372 | #144 | #12,799 |
| 2013 | 2,348 | 2,379 | #136 | #10,064 |
| 2012 | 2,383 | 2,412 | #135 | — |
| 2011 | 2,413 | 2,450 | #128 | — |
| 2010 | 2,664 | 2,693 | #116 | #11,268 |
| 2009 | 2,988 | 3,025 | #109 | — |
| 2008 | 3,495 | 3,527 | #97 | #11,603 |
| 2007 | 3,869 | 3,918 | #87 | #13,091 |
| 2006 | 4,019 | 4,071 | #87 | #7,642 |
| 2005 | 3,620 | 3,664 | #89 | #7,890 |
| 2004 | 3,652 | 3,703 | #88 | #5,593 |
| 2003 | 3,863 | 3,910 | #83 | #6,917 |
| 2002 | 3,660 | 3,713 | #85 | #7,267 |
| 2001 | 3,499 | 3,550 | #88 | #7,824 |
| 2000 | 3,460 | 3,508 | #94 | #5,707 |
| 1999 | 3,419 | 3,470 | #97 | #4,869 |
| 1998 | 2,836 | 2,876 | #118 | #6,509 |
| 1997 | 2,266 | — | #141 | #7,590 |
| 1996 | 1,481 | — | #197 | #5,324 |
| 1995 | 1,309 | — | #217 | #4,915 |
| 1994 | 1,143 | — | #244 | #4,912 |
| 1993 | 1,096 | — | #257 | #3,297 |
| 1992 | 1,075 | — | #267 | #3,049 |
| 1991 | 818 | — | #330 | #3,525 |
| 1990 | 803 | — | #339 | #3,367 |
| 1989 | 632 | — | #404 | #3,141 |
| 1988 | 566 | — | #419 | #5,410 |
| 1987 | 515 | — | #445 | #2,593 |
| 1986 | 496 | — | #447 | #3,728 |
| 1985 | 533 | — | #428 | #2,761 |
| 1984 | 432 | — | #483 | #3,351 |
| 1983 | 445 | — | #469 | #2,982 |
| 1982 | 495 | — | #442 | #4,769 |
| 1981 | 480 | — | #459 | #3,111 |
| 1980 | 508 | — | #435 | #3,495 |
| 1979 | 436 | — | #481 | #3,436 |
| 1978 | 380 | — | #511 | #2,846 |
| 1977 | 407 | — | #486 | #2,830 |
| 1976 | 431 | — | #464 | #2,280 |
| 1975 | 428 | — | #462 | #2,246 |
| 1974 | 390 | — | #473 | #3,678 |
| 1973 | 359 | — | #494 | #4,257 |
| 1972 | 366 | — | #498 | #3,234 |
| 1971 | 455 | — | #464 | #2,160 |
| 1970 | 433 | — | #483 | #2,164 |
| 1969 | 395 | — | #496 | #2,765 |
| 1968 | 392 | — | #497 | #2,648 |
| 1967 | 365 | — | #505 | #2,286 |
| 1966 | 364 | — | #497 | #2,702 |
| 1965 | 343 | — | #527 | #2,029 |
| 1964 | 405 | — | #493 | #2,156 |
| 1963 | 393 | — | #499 | #2,361 |
| 1962 | 403 | — | #490 | #2,749 |
| 1961 | 386 | — | #511 | #1,843 |
| 1960 | 406 | — | #492 | #2,165 |
| 1959 | 410 | — | #492 | #1,833 |
| 1958 | 374 | — | #507 | #2,128 |
| 1957 | 453 | — | #449 | #2,318 |
| 1956 | 430 | — | #456 | #1,585 |
| 1955 | 465 | — | #417 | #2,086 |
| 1954 | 385 | — | #461 | #1,923 |
| 1953 | 498 | — | #390 | #1,864 |
| 1952 | 437 | — | #411 | #1,826 |
| 1951 | 386 | — | #438 | #1,803 |
| 1950 | 377 | — | #421 | #1,972 |
| 1949 | 419 | — | #402 | #1,478 |
| 1948 | 406 | — | #409 | #1,286 |
| 1947 | 401 | — | #415 | #1,575 |
| 1946 | 382 | — | #410 | #1,314 |
| 1945 | 295 | — | #430 | #1,510 |
| 1944 | 330 | — | #408 | #1,504 |
| 1943 | 378 | — | #387 | #1,507 |
| 1942 | 367 | — | #391 | #1,203 |
| 1941 | 361 | — | #367 | #1,317 |
| 1940 | 355 | — | #360 | #1,298 |
| 1939 | 358 | — | #345 | #1,604 |
| 1938 | 378 | — | #343 | #1,259 |
| 1937 | 421 | — | #310 | #1,469 |
| 1936 | 411 | — | #312 | #1,107 |
| 1935 | 452 | — | #292 | #1,309 |
| 1934 | 455 | — | #300 | #1,370 |
| 1933 | 470 | — | #284 | #1,565 |
| 1932 | 537 | — | #272 | #1,559 |
| 1931 | 594 | — | #258 | #1,205 |
| 1930 | 628 | — | #257 | #1,243 |
| 1929 | 707 | — | #235 | #1,182 |
| 1928 | 688 | — | #248 | #1,176 |
| 1927 | 771 | — | #239 | #1,139 |
| 1926 | 775 | — | #238 | #1,311 |
| 1925 | 938 | — | #212 | #1,155 |
| 1924 | 947 | — | #215 | #1,211 |
| 1923 | 870 | — | #221 | #2,174 |
| 1922 | 910 | — | #218 | #1,672 |
| 1921 | 1,003 | — | #207 | #1,308 |
| 1920 | 1,021 | — | #199 | #1,361 |
| 1919 | 981 | — | #196 | #1,506 |
| 1918 | 1,060 | — | #190 | #1,789 |
| 1917 | 948 | — | #198 | #1,861 |
| 1916 | 1,011 | — | #183 | #2,459 |
| 1915 | 956 | — | #177 | #2,117 |
| 1914 | 756 | — | #179 | #2,354 |
| 1913 | 663 | — | #177 | #2,638 |
| 1912 | 566 | — | #175 | #1,679 |
| 1911 | 457 | — | #168 | #1,158 |
| 1910 | 399 | — | #176 | #1,078 |
| 1909 | 356 | — | #169 | — |
| 1908 | 351 | — | #169 | — |
| 1907 | 326 | — | #170 | — |
| 1906 | 322 | — | #169 | #1,328 |
| 1905 | 292 | — | #176 | — |
| 1904 | 277 | — | #180 | #1,137 |
| 1903 | 257 | — | #180 | — |
| 1902 | 256 | — | #179 | — |
| 1901 | 214 | — | #195 | — |
| 1900 | 286 | — | #185 | — |
| 1899 | 243 | — | #177 | — |
| 1898 | 252 | — | #184 | — |
| 1897 | 210 | — | #188 | — |
| 1896 | 232 | — | #179 | — |
| 1895 | 212 | — | #184 | — |
| 1894 | 241 | — | #168 | — |
| 1893 | 189 | — | #186 | — |
| 1892 | 158 | — | #200 | — |
| 1891 | 150 | — | #189 | — |
| 1890 | 160 | — | #186 | — |
| 1889 | 153 | — | #186 | — |
| 1888 | 144 | — | #187 | — |
| 1887 | 109 | — | #192 | — |
| 1886 | 131 | — | #177 | — |
| 1885 | 102 | — | #185 | — |
| 1884 | 102 | — | #176 | — |
| 1883 | 83 | — | #182 | — |
| 1882 | 72 | — | #194 | — |
| 1881 | 76 | — | #174 | — |
| 1880 | 81 | — | #161 | — |