girls' name ★ peaked 2007

Isabelle

Meaning Borrowed from French Isabelle Gender Girl Rank 2025 #166 Trend ↓ Falling 25%

Borrowed from French Isabelle.

Rank 2025
#166
among girls · ↑5 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,825
named Isabelle · +2% vs 2024
How common
1 in 881
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2007
4,106 babies
All-time total
107,782
#357 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Isabelle popularity over time

107,782 babies have been named Isabelle since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 1,092 – 1,092 109 – #164
1890s 1,890 – 1,890 189 +73% #173
1900s 2,514 – 2,514 251 +33% #180
1910s 7,255 – 7,255 726 +189% #177
1920s 6,964 – 6,964 696 -4% #213
1930s 2,761 – 2,761 276 -60% #316
1940s 1,470 – 1,470 147 -47% #506
1950s 1,028 – 1,028 103 -30% #812
1960s 817 – 817 82 -21% #1,068
1970s 465 – 465 47 -43% #1,599
1980s 692 – 692 69 +49% #1,179
1990s 7,276 – 7,276 728 +951% #162
2000s 32,871 20 32,891 3,289 +352% #79
2010s 28,507 – 28,507 2,851 -13% #92
2020s (to 2025) 12,160 – 12,160 2,027 -29% #117

Where Isabelle is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,743 1.08 #178
2027 1,677 1.04 #185
2028 1,622 1.01 #193
2029 1,577 0.98 #198
2030 1,540 0.96 #200

Where Isabelle is most popular

Girls named Isabelle per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.22 per 1,000. Strongest in Vermont, New Hampshire, and North Dakota.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Isabelle born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Vermont 29 5.98 +390%
New Hampshire 88 4.77 +290%
North Dakota 53 4.03 +230%
Alaska 27 3.14 +157%
District of Columbia 36 3.04 +149%
Maine 44 2.84 +133%
Massachusetts 322 2.66 +118%
Connecticut 146 2.51 +106%
Minnesota 268 2.48 +103%
Rhode Island 29 2.32 +90%
South Dakota 32 2.24 +84%
Montana 30 2.22 +81%
Michigan 394 2.16 +77%
Iowa 120 2.05 +68%
Missouri 242 2.01 +64%
Utah 165 1.98 +62%
Wisconsin 204 1.98 +62%
Colorado 221 1.98 +62%
Virginia 327 1.92 +57%
Nevada 87 1.87 +53%
Hawaii 21 1.83 +50%
Maryland 192 1.81 +48%
New Mexico 44 1.81 +48%
Kansas 104 1.80 +48%
Nebraska 64 1.78 +46%
Ohio 415 1.75 +43%
Indiana 245 1.75 +43%
Oregon 113 1.74 +42%
Idaho 56 1.67 +37%
West Virginia 43 1.64 +34%
Washington 232 1.61 +32%
New York 629 1.59 +30%
Illinois 356 1.56 +27%
South Carolina 134 1.49 +22%
Pennsylvania 344 1.45 +19%
Arizona 201 1.43 +17%
Delaware 16 1.41 +16%
New Jersey 252 1.40 +14%
Louisiana 120 1.37 +12%
North Carolina 306 1.34 +10%
Georgia 301 1.32 +9%
Kentucky 111 1.30 +6%
Tennessee 193 1.22 ≈ national
California 1,009 1.20 ≈ national
Oklahoma 87 1.18 ≈ national
Florida 493 1.15 -6%
Arkansas 59 1.12 -9%
Mississippi 48 1.03 -16%
Texas 727 0.904 -26%
Alabama 78 0.831 -32%
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Isabelle

Isabelle is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #166 in 2025 with 1,825 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 107,782 American babies have been named Isabelle. Its peak came in 2007, when 4,106 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Isabelle stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Isabelle?

The median living Isabelle is about 16 years old; half are between 9 and 22. An estimated 85 thousand people named Isabelle are alive in the United States today.

median 16 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Isabelle year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 1,825 #166 – –
2024 1,787 #171 – –
2023 1,793 #159 – –
2022 2,108 #137 – –
2021 2,393 #117 – –
2020 2,254 #121 – –
2019 2,506 #117 – –
2018 2,652 #113 – –
2017 3,168 #92 – –
2016 3,039 #102 – –
2015 3,225 #94 – –
2014 3,080 #96 – –
2013 2,762 #114 – –
2012 2,507 #126 – –
2011 2,669 #114 – –
2010 2,899 #105 – –
2009 3,307 #100 – –
2008 3,573 #93 5 #13,297
2007 4,106 #79 – –
2006 4,042 #84 6 #11,175
2005 3,284 #96 – –
2004 3,100 #107 9 #7,775
2003 3,113 #110 – –
2002 3,063 #111 – –
2001 2,943 #113 – –
2000 2,340 #144 – –
1995 509 #487 – –
1990 171 #1,046 – –
1985 46 #2,233 – –
1980 45 #2,227 – –
1975 52 #1,789 – –
1970 57 #1,641 – –
1965 80 #1,202 – –
1960 97 #1,095 – –
1955 98 #1,014 – –
1950 103 #875 – –
1945 131 #640 – –
1940 188 #506 – –
1935 251 #408 – –
1930 437 #316 – –
1925 709 #248 – –
1920 899 #213 – –
1915 942 #178 – –
1910 389 #177 – –
1905 253 #191 – –
1900 224 #210 – –
1895 205 #190 – –
1890 156 #189 – –
1885 105 #182 – –
1880 80 #164 – –

Famous people named Isabelle

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Isabelle Adjani Isabelle Adjani French actress (born 1955) Contemporary
  2. 2 Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Huppert French actress (born 1953) Contemporary
  3. 3 Isabelle Fuhrman Isabelle Fuhrman American actress (born 1997) Contemporary
  4. 4 Isabelle Collin Dufresne Isabelle Collin Dufresne French-American artist and author (1935–2014) Contemporary
  5. 5 Isabelle Nanty Isabelle Nanty French actress (born 1962) Contemporary
  6. 6 Isabelle Caro Isabelle Caro French actress and model (1982–2010) Contemporary
  7. 7 Isabelle Eberhardt Isabelle Eberhardt Swiss explorer and writer 1877–1904 · 19th century
  8. 8 Isabelle Carré Isabelle Carré French actress (born 1971) Contemporary
  9. 9 Isabelle Aubret Isabelle Aubret French singer b. 1938 · Contemporary
  10. 10 Isabelle de Charrière Isabelle de Charrière Dutch and Swiss writer (1740–1805) 18th century
  11. 11 Isabelle of France Isabelle of France 13th-century French Roman Catholic saint 1225–1270 · Medieval
  12. 12 Isabelle Daniels Isabelle Daniels American sprinter (1937–2017) Contemporary
  13. 13 Isabelle Yacoubou Isabelle Yacoubou French basketball player (born 1986) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Isabelle, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Isabelle?

The median living Isabelle is about 16 years old. Half of all living Isabelles are between 9 and 22 years old.

How many people named Isabelle are alive today?

An estimated 85 thousand people named Isabelle are alive in the United States, based on 107,782 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Isabelle mean?

Borrowed from French Isabelle.

How popular is the name Isabelle in 2025?

Isabelle ranked #166 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,825 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Isabelle?

107,782 babies have been named Isabelle in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Isabelle most popular?

Isabelle peaked in 2007, when 4,106 newborns received the name.

Is Isabelle a boy or girl name?

Isabelle is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Isabelle rising or falling?

Isabelle is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Isabelle become more popular?

Isabelle is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,540 girls named Isabelle in 2030, which would rank around #200. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Isabelle?

Well-known people named Isabelle include Isabelle Adjani (actor), Isabelle Huppert (actor), Isabelle Fuhrman (actor).

Names like Isabelle

Names that sound and feel close to Isabelle: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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