girls:
11.8k births since 1982
#1448 (75th percentile)
overall:
11.8k births since 1982
#2424 (69th percentile)
The name Isabela is the #2,424 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,812 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 68.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 68.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,448 (74.7% percentile) for all time with 11,812 births since 1982.
Isabela first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (first recorded for girls in 1982). Birth data for Isabela is available in 41 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Isabela reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 56.5% percentile (ranked #408) with 344 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 344 births per million (ranked 56.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Isabela ranks #543 for girls (42.7% percentile) with 255 births per million, which is 74.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Isabela".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Isabela. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.6% confident that Isabela is pronounced as ih-zuh-BEH-luh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is IH-zuh-BEH-luh, at 39.7% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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