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Isabella: U.S. name history
Published Social Security birth-name counts for the exact spelling Isabella in the female recorded field, 1880–2025.
In the latest file, Isabella was at position 7 among published female-field spellings, with 10,666 recorded births. That is down 144 from 10,810 in 2024. Its first released row in this archive is from 1880; a missing earlier row does not establish when the name began to exist.
What the historical pattern shows
Isabella is visible in the 1880 record but was far from a leading spelling for much of the twentieth century. It ranked 890 among published female-field entries in 1990 and 45 in 2000, a rapid change over one decade.
Its highest count and first position both occurred in 2010. The name was seventh in 2025. That makes it a useful example of a spelling that remains common long after the year in which its recorded use was greatest.
Selected annual records
| Birth year | Published count | Position* |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 50 | 215 |
| 1900 | 128 | 290 |
| 1925 | 205 | 489 |
| 1950 | 55 | 1,243 |
| 1975 | 31 | 2,533 |
| 1990 | 217 | 890 |
| 2000 | 6,242 | 45 |
| 2010 | 22,936 | 1 |
| 2015 | 15,667 | 5 |
| 2020 | 12,226 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10,810 | 7 |
| 2025 | 10,666 | 7 |
*Position is calculated from the published entries in one year and field, ordered by count; it is not an official SSA rank. Counts are not adjusted for population or coverage. SSA suppresses small cells, so no row does not mean zero births.
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Sources: SSA national data and suppression rules · our data method. Data reviewed 1 November 2026.