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Girl name

Isabella

Isabella holds the #7 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 10,666 newborn girls in a single year. Its position has barely moved over the past five years — a sign of steady, established appeal. Its strongest year on record was 2009 (#1 nationally, 22,321 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1880. The name's biggest fan base is in Delaware (#3 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#7
among girl names
Trend
Stable
last 5 years
All-time peak
#1
in 2009 (2000s)
Babies in 2025
10,666
girls named Isabella

Isabella popularity, 1880–2025

0.35%0.70%1.0%1.4%18801900192019401960198020002020#1 in 2009
Girls — share of U.S. female birthsSource: Social Security Administration, 1880–2025

Where Isabella is most popular

Alaska: #27 (15 girls, 0.91% of girls born 2025)AKMaine: #20 (27 girls, 0.87% of girls born 2025)MEVermont: #34 (10 girls, 1.03% of girls born 2025)VTNew Hampshire: #20 (34 girls, 0.90% of girls born 2025)NHWashington: #10 (208 girls, 0.72% of girls born 2025)WAIdaho: #18 (48 girls, 0.67% of girls born 2025)IDMontana: #33 (17 girls, 0.60% of girls born 2025)MTNorth Dakota: #40 (16 girls, 0.59% of girls born 2025)NDMinnesota: #23 (110 girls, 0.51% of girls born 2025)MNWisconsin: #24 (108 girls, 0.53% of girls born 2025)WIMichigan: #11 (234 girls, 0.65% of girls born 2025)MINew York: #6 (629 girls, 0.80% of girls born 2025)NYMassachusetts: #5 (258 girls, 1.07% of girls born 2025)MARhode Island: #6 (33 girls, 1.35% of girls born 2025)RIOregon: #18 (82 girls, 0.63% of girls born 2025)ORNevada: #4 (113 girls, 1.23% of girls born 2025)NVWyoming: #58 (6 girls, 0.74% of girls born 2025)WYSouth Dakota: #28 (19 girls, 0.62% of girls born 2025)SDIowa: #18 (72 girls, 0.61% of girls born 2025)IAIllinois: #8 (338 girls, 0.76% of girls born 2025)ILIndiana: #13 (167 girls, 0.60% of girls born 2025)INOhio: #15 (270 girls, 0.57% of girls born 2025)OHPennsylvania: #6 (328 girls, 0.70% of girls born 2025)PANew Jersey: #5 (368 girls, 1.04% of girls born 2025)NJConnecticut: #7 (111 girls, 0.96% of girls born 2025)CTCalifornia: #6 (1506 girls, 0.93% of girls born 2025)CAUtah: #28 (93 girls, 0.54% of girls born 2025)UTColorado: #9 (172 girls, 0.74% of girls born 2025)CONebraska: #30 (38 girls, 0.54% of girls born 2025)NEMissouri: #19 (136 girls, 0.56% of girls born 2025)MOKentucky: #23 (96 girls, 0.56% of girls born 2025)KYWest Virginia: #44 (25 girls, 0.49% of girls born 2025)WVVirginia: #6 (293 girls, 0.87% of girls born 2025)VAMaryland: #8 (175 girls, 0.88% of girls born 2025)MDDelaware: #3 (35 girls, 1.55% of girls born 2025)DEArizona: #5 (288 girls, 1.02% of girls born 2025)AZNew Mexico: #7 (56 girls, 1.20% of girls born 2025)NMKansas: #19 (73 girls, 0.62% of girls born 2025)KSArkansas: #4 (103 girls, 0.97% of girls born 2025)ARTennessee: #12 (191 girls, 0.60% of girls born 2025)TNNorth Carolina: #6 (342 girls, 0.74% of girls born 2025)NCSouth Carolina: #9 (139 girls, 0.76% of girls born 2025)SCDistrict of Columbia: #18 (20 girls, 0.99% of girls born 2025)DCOklahoma: #7 (120 girls, 0.81% of girls born 2025)OKLouisiana: #19 (85 girls, 0.52% of girls born 2025)LAMississippi: #33 (41 girls, 0.46% of girls born 2025)MSAlabama: #23 (100 girls, 0.55% of girls born 2025)ALGeorgia: #5 (342 girls, 0.76% of girls born 2025)GAHawaii: #13 (25 girls, 1.17% of girls born 2025)HITexas: #3 (1559 girls, 0.97% of girls born 2025)TXFlorida: #3 (992 girls, 1.14% of girls born 2025)FL
Share of girls born in 2025:low → highno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: Delaware (#3), Rhode Island (#6), Nevada (#4)
Uniqueness score
Ultra popular
5
/ 100
everywhereone of a kind

You'll meet plenty of them — a true chart-topper.

Based on how many babies per birth were named Isabella in the most recent year of SSA data.

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