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Isabella

Gender
Girl
Say it
iz-a-BEL-a
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#10 for girls
US rank, 2025
#7 for girls

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Isabella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 10th for girls in the UK (1,854 babies) and 7th for girls in the US (10,666 babies).

What does Isabella mean?

Hebrew: Latin and Italian form of Isabel, from Elizabeth

“my God is an oath”

Isabella Beeton, better known as Mrs Beeton, wrote the best-known Victorian guide to cookery and household management.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Isabella a girl's or a boy's name?

Isabella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,854 girls in the UK and 10,666 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Isabella in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#10among girls
Babies in 2025
1,854about 1 in 150 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 23% in five years
Same name in a class
8.9%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,854 girls in the UK were named Isabella, making it the 10th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 14th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 3,683 girls.

Half of all the girls named Isabella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,976 girls in the UK were given Isabella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #10.

Among girls in 2025, it was 10th in England and Wales, 31st in Scotland and 30th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#74), 1914 (#81), 2004 (#34), 2014 (#7) and 2024 (#11).

1996Busiest: 3,683 in 20112025
Isabella in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,854#10
20241,826#12
20231,943#10
20222,080#10
20212,172#15
20202,196#14
20192,592#11
20182,546#11
20172,816#8
20162,911#14
20153,066#13
20143,215#11
20133,449#9
20123,565#11
20113,683#12
20103,598#12
20092,736#16
20082,551#21
20072,451#23
20062,386#22
20052,134#29
20041,600#39
20031,393#42
20021,060#56
2001981#57
2000814#70
1999909#67
1998604#97
1997485#116
1996450#111

How popular is Isabella in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7among girls
Babies in 2025
10,666about 1 in 150 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 20% in five years
Same name in a class
8.9%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 10,666 girls in the US were named Isabella, making it the 7th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 22,936 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Isabella than any year since 2001.

Half of all the girls named Isabella in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 11,737 girls in the US were given Isabella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #6, up from #7 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 22,936 in 20102025
Isabella in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202510,666#7
202410,810#7
202310,871#7
202211,761#6
202111,309#7
202012,226#7
201913,407#5
201814,575#4
201715,263#4
201614,863#5
201515,667#5
201417,136#4
201317,689#4
201219,138#3
201119,931#2
201022,936#1
200922,321#1
200818,629#2
200719,143#2
200618,231#4
200515,197#6
200415,021#7
200313,781#12
200212,171#14
20018,835#28
20006,242#45
19995,060#60
19983,851#84
19972,862#114
19962,112#151
19951,739#174
19941,277#222
1993831#318
1992508#487
1991305#699
1990217#888
1989140#1,165
198881#1,599
198775#1,629
198660#1,865
198536#2,656
198436#2,573
198331#2,782
198234#2,704
198138#2,488
198036#2,603
197922#3,541
197826#3,009
197723#3,266
197622#3,187
197531#2,516
197428#2,616
197332#2,349
197231#2,356
197142#2,001
197039#2,081
196930#2,350
196823#2,630
196743#1,751
196645#1,669
196539#1,829
196446#1,708
196350#1,597
196247#1,650
196153#1,552
196053#1,522
195948#1,566
195853#1,468
195765#1,315
195664#1,297
195561#1,291
195453#1,376
195363#1,212
195263#1,194
195165#1,159
195055#1,240
194968#1,087
194877#992
194782#974
194674#969
194564#968
194475#881
194390#816
194272#921
194196#719
194076#817
193986#735
1938100#687
1937105#664
193680#748
193593#693
193490#703
1933116#603
1932128#580
1931139#554
1930142#571
1929155#548
1928178#519
1927182#522
1926187#510
1925205#489
1924231#457
1923228#454
1922241#427
1921236#449
1920252#418
1919274#391
1918254#411
1917237#410
1916246#401
1915242#387
1914187#389
1913165#374
1912161#361
1911129#353
1910151#311
190997#375
1908112#336
1907126#310
1906110#317
1905105#329
190488#348
190396#317
190284#346
190192#315
1900128#290
189994#304
189886#336
189786#312
189688#310
189590#305
189492#288
1893109#251
189288#285
189179#277
189091#262
188980#262
188863#296
188758#278
188680#228
188548#290
188476#216
188354#244
188244#262
188150#216
188050#215

Nicknames for Isabella

Names like Isabella

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ava Amelia Isla Sophia Arabella Olivia Eliza Phoebe Emilia Ivy Lily Mia

Other spellings of Isabella

Izabella Isabela Izabela Isobella Issabella Izzabella

Names related to Isabella

Isabelle Isabel Isobelle Isabell Ysabella

More Hebrew names

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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, “Isabella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/isabella, updated 20 October 2026.