Is Isabel a boy or girl name?
Isabel is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 1,820 girls and 0 boys were named Isabel, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 98.6% of the 132,214 US babies named Isabel were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #167
- Babies named Isabel since 1880
- 132,214
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 4,019 babies
Boys and girls named Isabel, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 1,053 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 2,047 | 100% |
| 1900s | 11 | 2,926 | 99.6% |
| 1910s | 129 | 7,668 | 98.3% |
| 1920s | 315 | 8,315 | 96.3% |
| 1930s | 262 | 4,442 | 94.4% |
| 1940s | 259 | 3,435 | 93% |
| 1950s | 174 | 4,041 | 95.9% |
| 1960s | 134 | 3,716 | 96.5% |
| 1970s | 145 | 3,941 | 96.5% |
| 1980s | 140 | 4,962 | 97.3% |
| 1990s | 142 | 16,104 | 99.1% |
| 2000s | 83 | 36,038 | 99.8% |
| 2010s | 28 | 22,584 | 99.9% |
| 2020s | 5 | 9,115 | 99.9% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 1,820 | #167 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 1,751 | #164 |
| 2022 | 5 | #13,087 | 1,857 | #156 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 1,916 | #146 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 1,771 | #157 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,888 | 2,059 | #134 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 2,068 | #139 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 2,036 | #145 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,957 | 2,119 | #145 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 2,176 | #149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,795 | 2,331 | #144 |
| 2013 | 7 | #10,062 | 2,340 | #136 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 2,383 | #135 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 2,413 | #128 |
| 2010 | 6 | #11,266 | 2,659 | #116 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 2,986 | #110 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,602 | 3,489 | #97 |
| 2007 | 5 | #13,090 | 3,864 | #87 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,642 | 4,009 | #87 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,889 | 3,611 | #89 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,592 | 3,638 | #88 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,916 | 3,853 | #83 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,266 | 3,650 | #85 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,824 | 3,491 | #88 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,707 | 3,447 | #94 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,869 | 3,405 | #97 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,509 | 2,827 | #118 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,591 | 2,259 | #141 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,324 | 1,470 | #197 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,915 | 1,297 | #217 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,911 | 1,131 | #244 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,297 | 1,076 | #257 |
| 1992 | 22 | #3,049 | 1,053 | #267 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,524 | 801 | #330 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,367 | 785 | #339 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,141 | 613 | #404 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,410 | 558 | #419 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,593 | 494 | #445 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,728 | 483 | #447 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,761 | 516 | #426 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,349 | 419 | #483 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,983 | 429 | #469 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,769 | 487 | #442 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,108 | 466 | #460 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,494 | 497 | #435 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,435 | 424 | #481 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,846 | 365 | #511 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,829 | 393 | #484 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,281 | 411 | #464 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,246 | 408 | #463 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,677 | 381 | #473 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,258 | 352 | #494 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,235 | 356 | #498 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,161 | 436 | #464 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,165 | 415 | #483 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,766 | 384 | #496 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,649 | 381 | #497 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,286 | 352 | #505 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,701 | 353 | #498 |
| 1965 | 16 | #2,028 | 327 | #527 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,156 | 389 | #494 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,360 | 380 | #499 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,746 | 393 | #489 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,842 | 366 | #511 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,166 | 391 | #492 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,833 | 390 | #492 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,130 | 359 | #507 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,318 | 440 | #449 |
| 1956 | 25 | #1,585 | 405 | #456 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,086 | 450 | #417 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,924 | 368 | #461 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,864 | 480 | #390 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,827 | 419 | #411 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,803 | 368 | #438 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,972 | 362 | #421 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,478 | 394 | #402 |
| 1948 | 32 | #1,286 | 374 | #409 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,575 | 378 | #415 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,314 | 353 | #410 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,510 | 275 | #430 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,504 | 309 | #408 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,507 | 356 | #387 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,203 | 333 | #391 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,317 | 335 | #367 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,298 | 328 | #360 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,604 | 340 | #345 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,259 | 350 | #343 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,469 | 399 | #310 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,107 | 376 | #312 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,309 | 425 | #292 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,370 | 430 | #300 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,565 | 450 | #284 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,559 | 516 | #272 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,205 | 561 | #258 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,243 | 595 | #257 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,182 | 672 | #235 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,176 | 651 | #248 |
| 1927 | 40 | #1,139 | 731 | #239 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,311 | 744 | #238 |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,155 | 900 | #212 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,211 | 911 | #215 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,174 | 855 | #221 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,672 | 888 | #218 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,308 | 971 | #207 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,361 | 992 | #199 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,506 | 957 | #196 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,789 | 1,041 | #190 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,861 | 931 | #198 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,459 | 1,000 | #183 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,118 | 943 | #177 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,354 | 747 | #179 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,638 | 657 | #177 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,679 | 556 | #175 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,158 | 447 | #168 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,078 | 389 | #176 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 356 | #169 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 351 | #169 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 326 | #170 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,328 | 317 | #169 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 292 | #176 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,137 | 271 | #180 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 257 | #180 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 256 | #179 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 214 | #195 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 286 | #185 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 243 | #177 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 252 | #184 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 210 | #188 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 232 | #179 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 212 | #184 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 241 | #168 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 189 | #186 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 158 | #200 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 150 | #189 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 160 | #186 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 153 | #186 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 144 | #187 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 109 | #192 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 131 | #177 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 102 | #185 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 102 | #176 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 83 | #182 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 72 | #194 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 76 | #174 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 81 | #161 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Isabel reached #1,078 in 1910. As a girl name, it reached #83 in 2003. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Isabel
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.