Isabela

What Isabela means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Isabela yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Isabela?

US: Rising: up from #763 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1088 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2004, when 695 girls got the name (#442 that year). First in the US records in 1982.

How common

• About 1 in 3,773 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 9,381 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.07 per 1,000 girls), CT (0.96 per 1,000 girls), FL (0.52 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Isabela is #664 in the US and #1197 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Isabela were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Isabella10,666 US · 1,690 E&W
• Izabella532 US · 41 E&W
• Izabela37 US · 26 E&W
• Issabella43 US · 7 E&W
• Isobella5 US · 17 E&W
• Esabella16 US
• Isabelly6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Isabela

Girls

• Amaya#180“the end”^*
• Anahi#482Spanish, meaning “cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)”^*
• Marianna#872Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #872 vs #1,892 in 2025
• Gabriella#105Editor’s note Down from #54 in 2015 to #105 in 2025 in the US
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*

For a brother

• Angelo#304Editor’s note Down from #299 in 2015 to #304 in 2025 in the US
• Diego#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #444 in 2025
• Xavier#108Editor’s note Down from #90 in 2015 to #108 in 2025 in the US
• Joan#984“God is gracious”^*
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Isabela’s. Rank is US 2025.