Isabel

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Isabel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Isabel: Recorded since 1953, it reached #45 in 2006, and it stood at #127 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
199times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#45highest recorded position
29groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Isabel's record

England and Wales registered 1,281 births with the name in 2006, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Moved 236 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#104
1997	#108
1998	#96
1999	#77
2000	#69
2001	#68
2002	#59
2003	#46
2004	#49
2005	#47
2006	#45
2007	#45
2008	#50
2009	#51
2010	#58
2011	#66
2012	#76
2013	#85
2014	#92
2015	#110
2016	#110
2017	#122
2018	#138
2019	#142
2020	#136
2021	#133
2022	#147
2023	#145
2024	#169

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 67 of the 73 years from 1953 to 2025.

In 2025: #127 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #320 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1953–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1953
First recorded at #422 among girls in Norway in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #45 among girls in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #320 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Isabel appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 67 years beginning in 1953, and has registered 1,819 births with the name.

Isabel across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Isabel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#422 (1953)	#81 (2006)	#320 (2025)	67 of 73	1,819 (1953–2025)	83 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#297 (1965)	#59 (2008)	#127 (2025)	57 of 61	2,029 (1965–2025)	124 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#104 (1996)	#45 (2006)	#169 (2024)	29 of 29	20,895 (1996–2024)	1,281 (2006)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#293 (2001)	#180 (2010)	#253 (2024)	20 of 24	105 (2001–2024)	11 (2010)
New Zealand · Girls	#100 (2004)	#64 (2009)	#90 (2020)	11 of 17	543 (2004–2020)	60 (2009)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#69 (2006)	#56 (2008)	#94 (2020)	14 of 15	1,293 (2006–2020)	121 (2008)

Isabel by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Isabel in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	19	4 of 10	5
1960s	47	8 of 10	6
1970s	86	9 of 10	10
1980s	195	10 of 10	20
1990s	348	10 of 10	35
2000sbusiest	598	10 of 10	60
2010s	430	10 of 10	43
2020s	96	6 of 10	16

Across Norway · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 60 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births fell by 30, from 71 to 41.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Isabel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1953 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #45 in England and Wales in 2007.

Isabel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#169	294	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#145	341	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#147	333	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#133	374	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#136	366	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#142	351	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#138	381	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#122	450	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#110	514	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#110	518	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#92	608	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#85	645	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#76	774	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#66	857	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#58	1,057	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#51	1,196	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#50	1,217	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#45	1,270	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#45	1,281	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#47	1,232	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#49	1,174	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#46	1,120	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#59	891	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#68	741	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#69	752	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#77	691	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#96	544	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#108	468	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#104	455	High	Verified
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#94	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#93	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#69	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#80	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	female	#80	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	female	#94	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#70	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#56	121	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#66	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#69	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New Zealand	female	#90	44	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#85	50	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	female	#92	41	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#83	48	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#94	48	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#74	56	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#71	58	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#64	60	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#93	48	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#89	47	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#100	43	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#253	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#328	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#215	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#269	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#246	7	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#180	11	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#364	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#293	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#320	11	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#240	17	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#207	22	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#225	18	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#287	12	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#267	16	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#212	23	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#224	22	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#149	37	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#195	29	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#189	30	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#105	57	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#149	41	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#93	71	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#99	68	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#134	52	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#108	66	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#108	64	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#120	56	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#81	83	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#87	76	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#106	58	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#109	58	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#132	46	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#136	46	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#141	45	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#176	32	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#172	35	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#164	39	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#164	37	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#225	23	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#180	33	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#210	28	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#147	49	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#192	33	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#172	39	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#175	39	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#177	36	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#262	20	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#221	24	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#220	22	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#286	16	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#320	13	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#345	12	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#438	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#576	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#342	12	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#560	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#423	8	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#260	17	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#287	15	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#327	12	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#475	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#486	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#595	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#450	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#393	8	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#558	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#434	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#381	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#433	6	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#453	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#344	7	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#443	4	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#422	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	37	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	51	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	53	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	49	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	49	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	37	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	64	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#99	60	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	54	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	60	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	59	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#87	76	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#75	86	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#82	80	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#71	101	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#64	117	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#64	117	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#59	124	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#66	101	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#68	88	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#75	76	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#67	85	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	45	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	52	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#129	34	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	33	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#158	23	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	24	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	18	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	11	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	9	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	10	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	13	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	9	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	15	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	8	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#431	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1953 and 2025, ranked in 68 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #45, first reached in 2006.

It held a top-100 place in 25 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,281 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1965, and 71 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Isaaq · #1673, 25y
Isabeau · #2945, 12y
Isabela · #418, 28y
Isabell · #82, 55y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Vincent · #42, 66y
Toni · #51, 70y
Louis · #38, 67y
Tamara · #52, 68y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Malcolm · #45, 71y
Tomasz · #45, 69y
Christer · #44, 58y
Jillian · #44, 63y

Isabel was ranked #45 in England and Wales · Girls in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Isabel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Isabel without appearing here.

Isabel moved ahead of

Violet Compare
In 2006 they stood at #488 and #446 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #66 and #842.
Elsie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #486 and #475 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #149 and #527.
Jan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #492 and #492 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1997 that had become #235 and #576.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #111 and #76 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #99 and #387.

Moved ahead of Isabel

Malin Compare
In 1966 they stood at #434 and #530 in Norway · Girls; by 1967 that had become #558 and #305.
Erin Compare
In 1977 they stood at #329 and #468 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1978 that had become #469 and #281.
Katie Compare
In 1977 they stood at #329 and #391 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1978 that had become #469 and #302.
Ella Compare
In 1992 they stood at #269 and #456 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1993 that had become #356 and #234.

Moved the opposite way to Isabel

Anette Compare
Between 1953 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Isabel went from #422 to #240 while Anette went from #252 to #479.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1953 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Isabel went from #422 to #240 while Cecilie went from #266 to #452.
Elizabeth Compare
Between 1953 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Isabel went from #422 to #240 while Elizabeth went from #194 to #484.
Linda Compare
Between 1953 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Isabel went from #422 to #240 while Linda went from #118 to #376.

Moved the same way as Isabel

Annie Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Isabel went from #297 to #127 and Annie from #131 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Isabel went from #297 to #127 and Aoife from #175 to #34.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Isabel went from #297 to #127 and Clodagh from #209 to #47.
Eva Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Isabel went from #297 to #127 and Eva from #251 to #69.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1953 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #45 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Isabel

Isabel at a glance

What stands out in Isabel's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Isabel across 6 official records

Isabel by decade in Norway · Girls

Isabel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Isabel

Isabel and the names beside it

Isabel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Isabel

Moved the opposite way to Isabel

Moved the same way as Isabel

Isabel at a glance

What stands out in Isabel's record

Isabel across 6 official records

Isabel by decade in Norway · Girls

Isabel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Isabel

Isabel and the names beside it

Isabel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Isabel

Moved the opposite way to Isabel

Moved the same way as Isabel