girl's name

Isadora

  • Origin Latin
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 6,394

France

#579

2025 births

Isadora is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 177 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Isadora is a name of Latin origin.
  • Peaked in 2024, when 192 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 18,731 babies in the United States is given this name.

Isadora 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.

1,500
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
Show the numbers
Births named Isadora by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 39
1890s 69
1900s 93
1910s 191
1920s 210
1930s 120
1940s 85
1950s 49
1960s 7
1970s 113
1980s 119
1990s 226
2000s 872
2010s 1,500
2020s (to 2025) 975

How popular is Isadora?

In 2025, Isadora was given to 177 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Isadora is used

France #579 75 in 2025
Canada #1,010 27 in 2024
England & Wales #1,017 34 in 2025
Ireland #1,026 3 in 2025
United States #1,267 177 in 2025

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 Isadora

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

Parents who like Isadora also like

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

1 nickname for Isadora

Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.

Every name with built-in nicknames →

Isadora in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Greek
Isidora
Russian
Isidora
Spanish
Isidra

Sibling names for Isadora

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

Common questions about Isadora

How popular is the name Isadora?

In 2025, Isadora was given to 177 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Isadora is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Isadora most popular?

Isadora peaked in 2024, when 192 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

What are the nicknames for Isadora?

Isadora is usually shortened to Izzy.

Is Isadora a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Isadora currently ranks #579 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.