Names like Isabella

In 2025, 10,666 girls born in the US were named Isabella, #7 among girls' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1880, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1990.

Its best rank was #1, every year from 2009 to 2010.

The most births in one year were 22,936, in 2010.

Births fell 32% from 15,667 in 2015.

For 3 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1985 or later (Isabella's began in 1990).

Isabella's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #215
2. 1890
   #262
3. 1900
   #288
4. 1910
   #310
5. 1920
   #415
6. 1930
   #555
7. 1940
   #796
8. 1950
   —
9. 1960
   —
10. 1970
    —
11. 1980
    —
12. 1990
    #876
13. 2000
    #45
14. 2010
    #1
15. 2020
    #7
16. 2025
    #7

— outside the top 1,000

12 girl names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Isabella's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other girl's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.