Isela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-SEH-la
- US rank, 2025
- #1,927 for girls
Isela is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,927th for girls in the US (100 babies).
Where does Isela come from?
Spanish-language name, possibly from Gisela or Isabel
Is Isela a girl's or a boy's name?
Isela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 100 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Isela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,927th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 100 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 100 girls in the US were named Isela, making it the 1,927th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,872nd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 196 girls. It first appears in the records in 1926.
Half of all the girls named Isela in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 118 girls in the US were given Isela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,509, up from #1,927 for this spelling alone.
Isela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | #1,927 |
| 2024 | 108 | #1,852 |
| 2023 | 113 | #1,792 |
| 2022 | 113 | #1,807 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,715 |
| 2020 | 103 | #1,872 |
| 2019 | 85 | #2,170 |
| 2018 | 90 | #2,113 |
| 2017 | 77 | #2,357 |
| 2016 | 85 | #2,247 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,524 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,779 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,625 |
| 2012 | 75 | #2,449 |
| 2011 | 73 | #2,482 |
| 2010 | 91 | #2,152 |
| 2009 | 95 | #2,119 |
| 2008 | 126 | #1,756 |
| 2007 | 144 | #1,570 |
| 2006 | 146 | #1,505 |
| 2005 | 189 | #1,210 |
| 2004 | 118 | #1,642 |
| 2003 | 117 | #1,640 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,803 |
| 2001 | 128 | #1,467 |
| 2000 | 150 | #1,286 |
| 1999 | 132 | #1,339 |
| 1998 | 196 | #1,014 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,375 |
| 1996 | 109 | #1,489 |
| 1995 | 121 | #1,352 |
| 1994 | 120 | #1,373 |
| 1993 | 90 | #1,661 |
| 1992 | 99 | #1,562 |
| 1991 | 85 | #1,704 |
| 1990 | 77 | #1,843 |
| 1989 | 83 | #1,647 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,811 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,668 |
| 1985 | 66 | #1,726 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,990 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,751 |
| 1982 | 81 | #1,474 |
| 1981 | 97 | #1,304 |
| 1980 | 89 | #1,396 |
| 1979 | 96 | #1,301 |
| 1978 | 107 | #1,176 |
| 1977 | 98 | #1,231 |
| 1976 | 110 | #1,098 |
| 1975 | 115 | #1,038 |
| 1974 | 98 | #1,161 |
| 1973 | 70 | #1,399 |
| 1972 | 89 | #1,205 |
| 1971 | 88 | #1,253 |
| 1970 | 32 | #2,354 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,728 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,246 |
| 1967 | 23 | #2,558 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,674 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 20 | #2,740 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,298 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,724 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,809 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
Names like Isela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fatima, Samantha, Alina, Alana, Liana, Alanna, Bianca, Miranda, Francesca, Melina, Alyssa, Selena
Other spellings of Isela
Names related to Isela
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, “Isela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/isela, updated 20 October 2026.