Isabella
Girl nameIsabella has been given to 417,454 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2010 and currently ranks #7 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin /ɪzəˈbɛlə/
Latinate and Italian form of Isabel. The grape cultivar is popularly thought to have been discovered by a Mrs Isabella Gibbs of South Carolina in 1816.
Origin: Hebrew
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
417,454
Peak year
2010 (22,966 babies)
Rank in 2025
#7 for girls
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -32%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Isabella
Sojourner Truth
African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist (1797–1883)
Isabella Rossellini
Italian-American actress (born 1952)
Bella Hadid
American model
Zoë Kravitz
American actress, director, singer and model (born 1988)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Isabella.
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