# Isabelle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/isabelle/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Izzy |
| Variant spellings | Isabell |
| US babies named this | 107,782 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 20 / 107,762 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 46,977, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Isabelle.

## 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 | 2,669 | 114 |
| 2012 | 2,507 | 126 |
| 2013 | 2,762 | 114 |
| 2014 | 3,080 | 96 |
| 2015 | 3,225 | 94 |
| 2016 | 3,039 | 102 |
| 2017 | 3,168 | 92 |
| 2018 | 2,652 | 113 |
| 2019 | 2,506 | 117 |
| 2020 | 2,254 | 121 |
| 2021 | 2,393 | 117 |
| 2022 | 2,108 | 137 |
| 2023 | 1,793 | 159 |
| 2024 | 1,787 | 171 |
| 2025 | 1,825 | 166 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 9 | 7,775 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,175 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,297 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,719 | 17 |
| 2012 | 2,594 | 17 |
| 2013 | 2,287 | 19 |
| 2014 | 2,241 | 18 |
| 2015 | 2,119 | 19 |
| 2016 | 2,066 | 21 |
| 2017 | 1,876 | 24 |
| 2018 | 1,701 | 30 |
| 2019 | 1,598 | 28 |
| 2020 | 1,317 | 34 |
| 2021 | 1,304 | 33 |
| 2022 | 1,089 | 41 |
| 2023 | 984 | 46 |
| 2024 | 841 | 52 |
| 2025 | 814 | 54 |

## People named Isabelle

- Isabelle de Charrière, Dutch French-language writer and composer (1740-1805)
- Isabelle Adjani, French actress
- Isabelle Huppert, French actress (born 1953)
- Isabelle Aubret, French singer
- Isabelle Fuhrman, American actress
- Isabelle Carré, French actress
- Isabelle Caro, French actress and model
- Isabelle Weidemann, Canadian speed skater
- Lara-Isabelle Rentinck, German actress
- Isabelle Stengers, Belgian philosopher of science and scientist (born 1949)
- Isabelle Nanty, French actress, film director, theatre director and screenwriter
- Isabelle of France, French Roman Catholic princess, nun and blessed

## 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.