Isabell

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Isabell: Recorded since 1968, it reached #82 in 2012, and it stood at #321 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
98times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#82highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
1998	#2701
1999	#2189
2000	#1594
2001	#1617
2002	#1784
2003	#1472
2004	#1106
2005	#1045
2006	#678
2007	#942
2008	#878
2009	#755
2010	#719
2011	#635
2012	#857
2013	#1128
2014	#986
2015	#1497
2016	#1416
2017	#1411
2018	#1649
2019	#2170
2020	#1556
2021	#2942
2022	#2325
2023	#1774
2024	#3015

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 55 of the 58 years from 1968 to 2025.

In 2024: #306 among girls in Norway, #3015 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1968–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #547 among girls in Norway in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1968–2025
Highest recorded position: #82 among girls in Norway, in 2012 (recorded 1968–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #321 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Isabell appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 55 years beginning in 1968, and has registered 1,684 births with the name.

Isabell across 3 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.

Isabell'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	#547 (1968)	#82 (2012)	#321 (2025)	55 of 58	1,684 (1968–2025)	78 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#468 (1977)	#468 (1977)	#883 (2021)	15 of 45	61 (1977–2021)	7 (2007)
England and Wales · Girls	#2738 (1997)	#635 (2011)	#3015 (2024)	28 of 28	656 (1997–2024)	63 (2011)

Isabell 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 Isabell in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	58	9 of 10	6
1980s	195	9 of 10	22
1990s	287	10 of 10	29
2000s	482	10 of 10	48
2010sbusiest	552	10 of 10	55
2020s	106	6 of 10	18

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 55 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births rose by 26, from 35 to 61.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Isabell 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 3 regions, from 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #82 in Norway in 2012.

Isabell'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1411	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1416	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1497	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#986	37	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1128	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#857	44	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#635	63	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#719	51	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#755	48	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#878	37	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#942	32	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#678	46	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1045	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1106	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#321	11	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#306	12	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#221	20	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#183	24	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#209	20	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#234	19	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#229	21	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#160	34	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#128	47	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#164	36	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#119	52	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#84	76	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#90	71	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#82	78	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#89	75	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#114	62	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#129	55	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#103	67	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#90	74	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#110	60	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#106	61	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#164	35	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#139	44	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#138	43	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#196	26	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#266	17	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#177	32	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#214	23	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#209	25	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#226	21	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#234	22	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#238	21	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#199	30	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#182	36	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#150	47	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#198	30	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#170	40	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#176	37	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#179	36	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#236	21	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#279	17	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#254	18	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#321	13	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#498	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#522	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#319	13	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#509	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#508	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#557	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#604	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#550	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#537	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#436	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#487	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#547	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#597	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1968 and 2025, ranked in 55 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #82, first reached in 2012.

It held a top-100 place in 5 years, 4 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 78 births, registered in Norway in 2012.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1977, and 29 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.

Isabel · #45, 68y
Isabela · #418, 28y
Isabella · #1, 59y
Isabella-Grace · #1798, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Cliona · #83, 59y
Grzegorz · #79, 60y
Antoinette · #87, 56y
Ashling · #76, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Emmet · #82, 61y
Aileen · #81, 62y
Bartholomew · #81, 59y
Cliona · #83, 59y

Isabell was ranked #82 in Norway · Girls in 2012. 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.

Isabell 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 Isabell without appearing here.

Isabell moved ahead of

Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1556 and #4535.
Karin Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2189 and #1557 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1594 and #3912.
Ellinor Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2738 and #2152 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #2189 and #3900.
Pauline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1472 and #1269 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1106 and #2802.

Moved ahead of Isabell

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1556 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #1286.
Dylan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1774 and #1959 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1774 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1556 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #1785.

Moved the opposite way to Isabell

Anita Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Isabell went from #547 to #321 while Anita went from #6 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Isabell went from #547 to #321 while Anne went from #1 to #159.
Åse Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Isabell went from #547 to #321 while Åse went from #57 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Isabell went from #547 to #321 while Aud went from #76 to #427.

Moved the same way as Isabell

Alma Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Isabell went from #547 to #321 and Alma from #341 to #8.
Andrea Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Isabell went from #547 to #321 and Andrea from #243 to #98.
Anna Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Isabell went from #547 to #321 and Anna from #73 to #23.
Astrid Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Isabell went from #547 to #321 and Astrid from #55 to #9.

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 3 regions, from 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #82 in Norway in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Isabell

Isabell at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Isabell across 3 official records

Isabell by decade in Norway · Girls

Isabell appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Isabell

Isabell and the names beside it

Isabell moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Isabell

Moved the opposite way to Isabell

Moved the same way as Isabell

Isabell at a glance

Isabell across 3 official records

Isabell by decade in Norway · Girls

Isabell appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Isabell

Isabell and the names beside it

Isabell moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Isabell

Moved the opposite way to Isabell

Moved the same way as Isabell