# Isobel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/isobel/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Izzy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,802 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,802 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 19,895, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 82 | 2,283 |
| 2012 | 85 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 100 | 1,971 |
| 2014 | 98 | 2,016 |
| 2015 | 93 | 2,098 |
| 2016 | 129 | 1,664 |
| 2017 | 112 | 1,836 |
| 2018 | 89 | 2,137 |
| 2019 | 91 | 2,079 |
| 2020 | 94 | 1,996 |
| 2021 | 92 | 2,077 |
| 2022 | 84 | 2,233 |
| 2023 | 95 | 2,055 |
| 2024 | 79 | 2,336 |
| 2025 | 79 | 2,307 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 754 | 80 |
| 2012 | 585 | 98 |
| 2013 | 615 | 89 |
| 2014 | 509 | 111 |
| 2015 | 516 | 113 |
| 2016 | 412 | 136 |
| 2017 | 366 | 149 |
| 2018 | 357 | 145 |
| 2019 | 334 | 151 |
| 2020 | 315 | 159 |
| 2021 | 324 | 160 |
| 2022 | 263 | 195 |
| 2023 | 213 | 220 |
| 2024 | 208 | 230 |
| 2025 | 189 | 246 |

## People named Isobel

- Isobel Elsom, British actress (1893–1981)
- Isobel Campbell, British singer
- Isobel Christiansen, English footballer (born 1991)
- Isobel Borlase, Australian basketball player (born 2004)
- Isobel Joyce, Female Irish cricketer
- Isobel Batt-Doyle, Australian athlete
- Isobel Pooley, British high jumper
- Daisy Ridley, English actress (born 1992)
- Dusty Springfield, British singer (1939–1999)
- Arlene Foster, British politician (born 1970)
- Bel Powley, British actress (born 1992)
- Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet (1885–1968)

## 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.