Isabela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- iz-a-BEL-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,247 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #664 for girls
Isabela is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 1,247th for girls in the UK (27 babies) and 664th for girls in the US (426 babies).
What does Isabela mean?
Hebrew: Spanish, Portuguese and Polish spelling of Isabella
“my God is an oath”
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Is Isabela a girl's or a boy's name?
Isabela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the UK and 426 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Isabela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,247th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were named Isabela, making it the 1,247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 963rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 40 girls.
Half of all the girls named Isabela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,976 girls in the UK were given Isabela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #10, up from #1,247 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,197th in England and Wales.
Isabela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,247 |
| 2024 | 33 | #1,084 |
| 2023 | 40 | #949 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 2020 | 39 | #963 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,368 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2015 | 33 | #1,132 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,365 |
| 2012 | 30 | #1,205 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,332 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Isabela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 664th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 426 about 1 in 3,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 426 girls in the US were named Isabela, making it the 664th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 835th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 695 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Isabela in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11,737 girls in the US were given Isabela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #6, up from #664 for this spelling alone.
Isabela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 426 | #664 |
| 2024 | 456 | #644 |
| 2023 | 446 | #659 |
| 2022 | 510 | #587 |
| 2021 | 330 | #836 |
| 2020 | 328 | #835 |
| 2019 | 357 | #776 |
| 2018 | 332 | #816 |
| 2017 | 336 | #812 |
| 2016 | 351 | #813 |
| 2015 | 370 | #763 |
| 2014 | 389 | #721 |
| 2013 | 427 | #670 |
| 2012 | 462 | #619 |
| 2011 | 426 | #665 |
| 2010 | 511 | #571 |
| 2009 | 623 | #493 |
| 2008 | 575 | #535 |
| 2007 | 634 | #504 |
| 2006 | 676 | #467 |
| 2005 | 539 | #534 |
| 2004 | 695 | #442 |
| 2003 | 610 | #483 |
| 2002 | 403 | #632 |
| 2001 | 322 | #741 |
| 2000 | 259 | #849 |
| 1999 | 223 | #937 |
| 1998 | 157 | #1,181 |
| 1997 | 115 | #1,440 |
| 1996 | 82 | #1,790 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,858 |
| 1994 | 59 | #2,227 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,716 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,359 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
Nicknames for Isabela
Names like Isabela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Eliana, Amira, Hafsa, Khadija, Ayla, Ariella, Hawa, Hiba, Raya, Aaliyah, Ava
Other spellings of Isabela
Names related to Isabela
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Isabela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/isabela, updated 20 October 2026.