Isel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-SEL
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Isel is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Isel come from?
Uncertain; perhaps a short form of Isela or Isabel
Is Isel a girl's or a boy's name?
Isel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Isel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Isel, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1994, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had more girls named Isel than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Isel in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Isel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
Names like Isel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Itzel Ivy Chloe Isabella Zoe Campbell Lily Emma Ellie Hannah Jordyn Harley
Names related to Isel
Sources
Figures from 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, “Isel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/isel, updated 20 October 2026.