Isobella

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Isobella: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #354, and it stood at #1,819 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
45times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#354highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1126
1998	#846
1999	#900
2000	#748
2001	#992
2002	#643
2003	#653
2004	#581
2005	#645
2006	#601
2007	#637
2008	#500
2009	#525
2010	#438
2011	#489
2012	#519
2013	#626
2014	#699
2015	#819
2016	#693
2017	#1002
2018	#1136
2019	#1497
2020	#1313
2021	#1195
2022	#1452
2023	#1410
2024	#1819

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2022: #354 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1452 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1222 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2010–2022
Highest recorded position: #354 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 2010–2022).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1819 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Isobella appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,273 births with the name.

Isobella 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.

Isobella'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
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#438 (2010)	#1819 (2024)	29 of 29	1,273 (1996–2024)	96 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#606 (2001)	#559 (2003)	#873 (2017)	11 of 17	40 (2001–2017)	6 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#430 (2010)	#354 (2022)	#354 (2022)	5 of 13	18 (2010–2022)	4 (2014)

Isobella by decade in England and Wales · 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 Isobella in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	82	4 of 10	21
2000s	503	10 of 10	50
2010sbusiest	577	10 of 10	58
2020s	111	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 58 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Isobella 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #354 in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Isobella'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	#1819	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1410	22	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1195	28	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1313	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1136	30	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1002	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#693	59	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#819	46	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#699	56	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#626	65	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#519	82	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#489	87	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#438	96	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#525	76	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#500	77	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#637	55	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#601	56	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#645	48	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#581	53	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#653	44	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#643	42	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#992	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#748	31	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#900	24	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#846	26	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1126	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #354, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 96 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 14 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.

Ismay · #2096, 25y
Isobel · #50, 60y
Isobelle · #265, 30y
Isolde · #443, 27y

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.

Caelum · #354, 24y
Akram · #355, 30y
Caprice · #353, 24y
Harleigh · #355, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ameera · #354, 30y
Caelum · #354, 24y
Teegan · #354, 29y
Akram · #355, 30y

Isobella was ranked #354 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2022. 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.

Isobella 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 Isobella without appearing here.

Isobella moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1452 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1410 and #2689.
Belinda Compare
In 2001 they stood at #992 and #898 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #643 and #1530.
Janet Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1126 and #1045 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #846 and #1571.
Helene Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1222 and #1168 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1126 and #1802.

Moved ahead of Isobella

Blake Compare
In 2016 they stood at #693 and #768 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1002 and #499.
Summer Compare
In 2005 they stood at #559 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #764 and #272.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1136 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1497 and #1063.
Ezra Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1136 and #1234 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1497 and #1119.

Moved the opposite way to Isobella

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isobella went from #1222 to #1819 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isobella went from #1222 to #1819 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isobella went from #1222 to #1819 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isobella went from #1222 to #1819 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Isobella

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isobella went from #1222 to #1819 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isobella went from #1222 to #1819 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isobella went from #1222 to #1819 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isobella went from #1222 to #1819 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #354 in Northern Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Isobella

Isobella at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Isobella across 3 official records

Isobella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Isobella appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Isobella at a glance

Isobella across 3 official records

Isobella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Isobella appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Isobella

Isobella and the names beside it

Isobella moved ahead of

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