Isabel

How popular is Isabel in the UK?

Rank in 2025

#189among girls

Babies in 2025

295about 1 in 940 girls

Five-year trend

Steadydown 16% in five years

Same name in a class

1.5%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 295 girls in the UK were named Isabel, making it the 189th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 154th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 1,299 girls.

2025 had the fewest girls named Isabel since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Isabel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 1,418 girls in the UK were given Isabel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #35, up from #189 for this spelling alone.

• Isabelle 843
• Isabel 295
• Isobel 214
• Isobelle 19
• Isabell 17
• Izabelle 13
• Izabel 10
• Izabele 7

Among girls in 2025, it was 184th in England and Wales, 211th in Scotland and 259th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#49) and 2014 (#92).

How popular is Isabel in the US?

Rank in 2025

#176among girls

Babies in 2025

1,746about 1 in 920 girls

Five-year trend

Steadydown 10% in five years

Same name in a class

1.5%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,746 girls in the US were named Isabel, making it the 176th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 157th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 4,009 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Isabel than any year since 1996.

Half of all the girls named Isabel in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,881 girls in the US were given Isabel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #72, up from #176 for this spelling alone.

• Isabelle 1,825
• Isabel 1,746
• Isabell 87
• Isobel 79
• Izabelle 69
• Izabel 47
• Izabell 14
• Izzabelle 7