girl's name

Isabell

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 16,280

Isabell is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 87 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2006, when 388 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 38,108 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 3.

Isabell over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,884
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Isabell by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 345
1890s 604
1900s 896
1910s 2,087
1920s 2,293
1930s 1,134
1940s 677
1950s 537
1960s 273
1970s 180
1980s 183
1990s 597
2000s 2,884
2010s 1,978
2020s (to 2025) 611

How popular is Isabell?

In 2025, Isabell was given to 87 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Isabell is used

Ireland #1,108 3 in 2021
England & Wales #1,802 17 in 2025
United States #2,151 87 in 2025
Canada #3,377 6 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Isabell

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Isabell also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Isabell over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Isabell

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Isabell — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Isabell

How popular is the name Isabell?

In 2025, Isabell was given to 87 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Isabell is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Isabell?

Isabell has 3 syllables.

When was Isabell most popular?

Isabell peaked in 2006, when 388 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Isabell a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Isabell currently ranks #1,802 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.