Isabella
Isabella sits at #7 in the United States right now, neither climbing nor fading. The records carry it back to 1880, but its real era is now, 417,001 American children have carried it so far.
What Isabella carries
Isabella · Hebrew
“oath of Baal”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Isabella’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Isabella, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Isabella since 1880
Isabella peaked in 2010 at #1; #7 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Isabella is most common
Among the states, Isabella takes its largest share in Delaware, 1.55% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with Rhode Island and Nevada next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Isabella
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Isabelle
#166 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isaac
#47 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isaiah
#57 in 2025 · Hebrew
Madeline
#81 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ian
#83 in 2025 · Hebrew
Levi
#12 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ivan
#163 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isabel
#177 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Isabella
Where does Isabella rank right now?
Isabella sits at #7 in the United States right now, neither climbing nor fading. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
Does Isabella have a meaning on record?
The gloss on record reads “oath of Baal”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Isabella?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Isabelle, Isaac and Isaiah, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
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