girl's name

Isella

ih-SEL-uh (English)

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 286

Isella is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2019, when 25 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 276,319 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1983.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Isella Over Time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, which so far covers 2020 to 2025.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Isella by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 5
1990s 0
2000s 83
2010s 131
2020s (to 2025) 62

How Popular Is Isella?

In 2025, Isella was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Isella Is Used

France #5,669 5 in 2009
United States #8,523 12 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 Isella

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

Parents Who Like Isella Also Like

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

How to Say Isella

  • English ih-SEL-uh

Sibling Names for Isella

Names from the same era that do not rhyme or share an initial with Isella — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common Questions About Isella

How popular is the name Isella?

In 2025, Isella was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Isella is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Isella?

Isella has 3 syllables.

When was Isella most popular?

Isella peaked in 2019, when 25 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Isella a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Isella currently ranks #8,523 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.