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How popular is the name Isobel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Isobels are alive today.
Isobel (female), a spelling of Isabelle, sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 246th in 2025 with 189 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2005, when 1,098 babies were given the name, the 51st most popular that year. It has declined since 2005; the 2025 figure is roughly 17% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 19,000 babies have been named Isobel in England and Wales since 1996.
Across all spellings of the name, the Isabelle you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Isabelles born in England and Wales are between 12 and 24, and there are at least 100,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 27% chance that at least one of them will be called Isabelle.
How many babies are named Isobel each year?
Includes all spellings: Isobel, Isabel, Isabelle, Isobelle. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Isobel spelling rank?
Where does the Isabel spelling rank?
Where does the Isabelle spelling rank?
Where does the Isobelle 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 Isobel most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Isabelle, peaked in 2009, when 4,940 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Isobel spelling itself peaked in 2005, with 1,098 babies.
How many people are called Isobel?
At least 100,000 people named Isobel in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Isobel?
Most living Isobels are between 12 and 24; the most common age is about 17.
Is Isobel becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2009 peak.