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Isabella

1,512,870births recorded
18Countries
20Variants
1965Peak · France
#7United States 2025

Isabella is a girl name family recorded 1,512,870 times in 18 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in the United States (#7 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in France in 1965, at 2,700.7 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Isabelle (France, Québec), Isabel (Argentina, Spain).

Popularity by country

Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.

Which form wins where

Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.

Rank in countries that publish top lists only

All forms of Isabella

VariantsLanguageTotal birthsCountryLatest rankPeak year10-year trend
Isabelle French 378,370 🇫🇷 France #652 1965 ▼ 29 %
Isabelle French 107,782 🇺🇸 United States #166 2007 ▼ 37 %
Isabelle French 46,977 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #54 2011 ▼ 53 %
Isabelle French 12,292 🇨🇦 Québec #331 1980 ▼ 55 %
Isabelle French 6,928 🇨🇦 Ontario #55 2007 ▼ 21 %
Isabelle French 4,758 🇦🇺 New South Wales #58 2009 –
Isabella Italian 417,454 🇺🇸 United States #7 2010 ▼ 24 %
Isabella Italian 60,512 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #10 2011 ▼ 28 %
Isabella Italian 35,075 🇦🇷 Argentina #15 2015 ▲ 1,341 %
Isabella Italian 13,468 🇨🇦 Ontario #16 2010 ▼ 39 %
Isabella Italian 12,766 🇦🇺 New South Wales #17 2007 –
Isabella Italian 4,878 🇦🇺 Victoria (AU) #20 2008 –
Isabel Spanish 133,977 🇺🇸 United States #176 2003 ▼ 10 %
Isabel Spanish 80,638 🇦🇷 Argentina #424 1923 ▲ 97 %
Isabel Spanish 21,166 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #184 2006 ▼ 36 %
Isabel Spanish 17,005 🇪🇸 Spain #62 2002 –
Isabel Spanish 13,596 🇮🇹 Italy #16 2025 –
Isabel Spanish 4,796 🇨🇦 Ontario #222 1924 ▼ 48 %
Izabella Italian 31,149 🇺🇸 United States #564 2010 ▼ 58 %
Izabella Italian 2,487 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #863 2011 ▼ 62 %
Izabella Italian 708 🇨🇦 Ontario #932 2009 ▼ 73 %
Izabella Italian 538 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan #844 2012 ▼ 56 %
Izabella Italian 188 🇨🇦 British Columbia #592 2010 ▼ 48 %
Izabella Italian 161 🇮🇪 Ireland #608 2017 ▲ 13 %
Isabell English 15,279 🇺🇸 United States #2139 1903 ▼ 48 %
Isabell English 673 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #1719 2011 ▶ 1 %
Isabell English 474 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1918 –
Isabell English 20 🇮🇪 Ireland – 2007 –
Isabell English 6 🇦🇷 Argentina – 1987 –
Isabell English 6 🇨🇭 Switzerland – 2015 –
Isabela Spanish 12,698 🇺🇸 United States #664 2004 ▲ 28 %
Isabela Spanish 2,389 🇦🇷 Argentina #556 2010 ▲ 348 %
Isabela Spanish 581 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #1197 2023 ▲ 4 %
Isabela Spanish 234 🇨🇦 Ontario #932 2022 ▲ 6 %
Isabela Spanish 165 🇫🇷 France #3001 2025 ▲ 154 %
Isabela Spanish 136 🇪🇸 Catalonia #422 2024 ▲ 13 %
Izabelle English 4,603 🇺🇸 United States #2542 2011 ▼ 65 %
Izabelle English 913 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #2137 2010 ▼ 54 %
Izabelle English 166 🇨🇦 Ontario – 2011 –
Izabelle English 25 🇫🇷 France – 1900 –
Izabelle English 10 🇨🇦 British Columbia – 2018 –
Izabel French 3,814 🇺🇸 United States #3296 2007 ▼ 59 %
Izabel French 564 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #2604 2005 ▲ 23 %
Izabel French 65 🇫🇷 France – 1973 –
Izabel French 45 🇨🇦 Ontario – 2007 –
Izabel French 7 🇮🇪 Ireland – 2024 –
Izabel French 5 🇨🇦 British Columbia – 2010 –
Ysabel Spanish 1,596 🇦🇷 Argentina – 1926 –
Ysabel Spanish 1,498 🇺🇸 United States #5554 1910 ▼ 3 %
Ysabel Spanish 97 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2004 –
Ysabel Spanish 60 🇫🇷 France – 1995 –
Izabela Spanish 1,835 🇺🇸 United States #3903 2009 ▼ 39 %
Izabela Spanish 855 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #1229 2017 ▼ 20 %
Izabela Spanish 140 🇫🇷 France #7235 2024 ▲ 27 %
Izabela Spanish 116 🇮🇪 Ireland – 2013 –
Izabela Spanish 67 🇨🇦 Ontario #1410 2010 ▼ 3 %
Izabela Spanish 5 🇦🇷 Argentina – 1984 –
Izzabella English 2,502 🇺🇸 United States #4758 2010 ▼ 81 %
Izzabella English 213 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2014 –
Ysabella English 2,014 🇺🇸 United States #3389 2009 ▼ 23 %
Ysabella English 106 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2010 –
Ysabella English 64 🇨🇦 Ontario #1410 2022 new
Ysabella English 6 🇨🇦 British Columbia – 2018 –
Ysabella English 5 🇦🇷 Argentina – 2013 –

Related names

Comes from

Names with a similar trajectory

Their popularity curve in France correlates closely with Isabella's.

  1. 1Béatrice
  2. 2Eric
  3. 3Natalie
  4. 4Fabienne
  5. 5Muriel
  6. 6Marie-Noëlle

How we grouped these names

  • Isabelle ↔ Isabella — checked by hand
  • Isabelle ↔ Isabel — checked by hand
  • Isabelle ↔ Izabela — checked by hand
  • Isabelle ↔ Isabela — checked by hand
  • Isabelle ↔ Izabella — checked by hand
  • Isabella ↔ Izzabella — spelling variant
  • Isabella ↔ Ysabella — spelling variant
  • Isabella ↔ Issabella — spelling variant
  • Isabella ↔ Yzabella — spelling variant
  • Isabella ↔ Isabellah — spelling variant
  • Isabella ↔ Izabellah — spelling variant
  • Isabelle ↔ Izabelle — spelling variant
  • Isabelle ↔ Ysabelle — spelling variant
  • Isabelle ↔ Izzabelle — spelling variant

Questions about Isabella

How popular is the name Isabella?

In 2025 it ranked #7 in the United States. Official registers record 1,512,870 births across 18 countries.

What is Isabella in other languages?

Isabelle (French); Isabel (Spanish); Izabella (Italian); Isabell (English); Isabela (Spanish); Izabelle (English); Izabel (French); Ysabel (Spanish); Izabela (Spanish); Izzabella (English).

When was Isabella most popular?

It peaked in France in 1965, at 2,700.7 births per 100,000.

Is Isabella a boy or a girl name?

In official birth registers, Isabella is a girl name.