Isabelle
For 2025 the count puts Isabelle at #166 nationwide, with the crowd thinning around it. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 107,762 American bearers across the record.
What Isabelle carries
Isabelle · Hebrew
“oath of Baal”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Isabelle’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Isabelle, 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.
Isabelle since 1880
Isabelle peaked in 2007 at #79; #166 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Isabelle is most common
Isabelle is most common in Vermont: 0.51% of the state's recorded girls' names in 2025. North Dakota (0.48%) and New Hampshire (0.29%) follow.
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 Isabelle
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Ivan
#163 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isabel
#177 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ian
#83 in 2025 · Hebrew
Madeline
#81 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isabella
#7 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isaiah
#57 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isaac
#47 in 2025 · Hebrew
Juan
#159 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Isabelle
Where does Isabelle rank right now?
For 2025 the count puts Isabelle at #166 nationwide, with the crowd thinning around it. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Isabelle mean?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “oath of Baal”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Isabelle?
Ivan, Isabel and Ian sit nearest to Isabelle on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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