# Isabel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/isabel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “my god is an oath” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɪzəbɛl/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Libby, Bel, Izzy, Isa, Tibbie, Tibby, Iz, Izz, Ibbie |
| Variant spellings | Ysabel, Isobel, Isabell, Isobelle |
| US babies named this | 133,977 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,827 / 132,150 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21,166, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Spanish Isabel, from Old Occitan Elisabel, from Latin Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”). Doublet of Elizabeth.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,413 | 128 |
| 2012 | 2,383 | 135 |
| 2013 | 2,341 | 136 |
| 2014 | 2,331 | 144 |
| 2015 | 2,177 | 149 |
| 2016 | 2,120 | 145 |
| 2017 | 2,036 | 145 |
| 2018 | 2,068 | 139 |
| 2019 | 2,059 | 134 |
| 2020 | 1,771 | 157 |
| 2021 | 1,917 | 146 |
| 2022 | 1,858 | 156 |
| 2023 | 1,753 | 164 |
| 2024 | 1,826 | 167 |
| 2025 | 1,746 | 177 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12 | 5,707 |
| 2001 | 8 | 7,824 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7,267 |
| 2003 | 10 | 6,917 |
| 2004 | 14 | 5,593 |
| 2005 | 9 | 7,890 |
| 2006 | 10 | 7,642 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,091 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11,603 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,268 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,064 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,799 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,961 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,896 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,094 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 857 | 66 |
| 2012 | 774 | 76 |
| 2013 | 645 | 85 |
| 2014 | 608 | 92 |
| 2015 | 518 | 110 |
| 2016 | 514 | 110 |
| 2017 | 450 | 122 |
| 2018 | 381 | 138 |
| 2019 | 351 | 142 |
| 2020 | 366 | 136 |
| 2021 | 374 | 133 |
| 2022 | 333 | 147 |
| 2023 | 341 | 145 |
| 2024 | 294 | 169 |
| 2025 | 271 | 184 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Զապել, Զաբել
- Bulgarian: Изабе́ла
- Chinese: 伊莎貝爾 /伊莎贝尔
- Czech: Izabela
- Danish: Isabella
- Finnish: Isabella
- French: Isabelle
- German: Isabell, Isabelle, Isabella
- Hebrew: אֱלִישֶׁבַע
- Hungarian: Izabella
- Icelandic: Ísabel, Ísabella
- Irish: Isibéal
- Italian: Isabella
- Korean: 이사벨
- Latvian: Izabella
- Norwegian: Isabella
- Polish: Izabela, Izabella
- Portuguese: Isabel
- Russian: Изабе́лла
- Scottish Gaelic: Iseabail

## People named Isabel

- Isabel Allende, Chilean writer (born 1942)
- Isabel Martínez de Perón, first female president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976
- Isabella of Portugal, 16th-century Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Spain (1503-1539)
- Isabel Lucas, Australian actress and model
- Isabel dos Santos, Angolan businesswoman (born 1973)
- Princess Isabella of Parma, Archduchess of Austria
- Isabel May, American actress (born 2000)
- Isabel Sarli, Argentine actress (1929-2019)
- María Isabel Urrutia, Colombian weightlifter and politician
- Isabel Sanford, American actress (1917–2004)
- Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, descendant of the Brazilian imperial family
- Isabella of Bourbon, French noble

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.