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How popular is the name Isabella?
Births per year, rank history and how many Isabellas are alive today.
Isabella (female) is currently the 11th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 1,708 babies given the name in 2024. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 3,464 babies were given the name, the 10th most popular that year. It has declined since 2011; the 2024 figure is roughly 49% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 60,000 babies have been named Isabella in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Isabella is one spelling of a name also recorded as Izabella; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Common short forms of Isabella include Bella and Izzy.
Across all spellings of the name, the Isabella you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Isabellas born in England and Wales are between 11 and 46, and there are at least 91,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 25% chance that at least one of them will be called Isabella.
How many babies are named Isabella each year?
Includes all spellings: Isabella, Izabella. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Isabella spelling rank?
Where does the Izabella spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Isabella most popular?
Isabella peaked in 2011, when 3,630 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Isabella?
At least 91,000 people named Isabella in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Isabella?
Most living Isabellas are between 11 and 46; the most common age is about 15.
Is Isabella becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2011 peak.