Isobelle

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Isobelle: Recorded every year since 1995, it reached #265 in 2009, and it stood at #1,406 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#265highest recorded position
13groupings 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	#562
1997	#489
1998	#530
1999	#469
2000	#415
2001	#414
2002	#375
2003	#310
2004	#299
2005	#332
2006	#333
2007	#322
2008	#279
2009	#265
2010	#303
2011	#323
2012	#332
2013	#386
2014	#406
2015	#549
2016	#585
2017	#683
2018	#1083
2019	#823
2020	#771
2021	#918
2022	#1383
2023	#1206
2024	#1406

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 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1206 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1995–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1995
First recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1995 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #265 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1406 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Isobelle appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 2,574 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1995.

Isobelle across 2 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.

Isobelle'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	#562 (1996)	#265 (2009)	#1406 (2024)	29 of 29	2,574 (1996–2024)	181 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#516 (1995)	#348 (2007)	#856 (2023)	23 of 29	148 (1995–2023)	13 (2010)

Isobelle 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 Isobelle in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	214	4 of 10	54
2000sbusiest	1,245	10 of 10	125
2010s	957	10 of 10	96
2020s	158	5 of 10	32

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 125 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2002 and 2003, when recorded births rose by 36, from 91 to 127.

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

Isobelle 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 1995 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #265 in England and Wales in 2009.

Isobelle'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	#1406	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1206	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1383	23	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#918	38	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#771	47	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#823	45	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1083	32	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#683	60	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#585	72	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#549	79	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#406	106	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#386	113	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#332	146	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#323	148	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#303	156	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#265	181	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#279	170	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#322	138	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#333	130	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#332	121	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#299	137	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#310	127	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#375	91	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#414	74	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#415	76	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#469	62	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#530	51	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#489	57	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#562	44	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#568	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#462	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#435	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	12	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	13	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	12	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	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	#441	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	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 1995 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #265, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 181 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 17 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.

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Isobella · #354, 29y
Isolde · #443, 27y
Isra · #240, 30y

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.

Malak · #265, 30y
Cassius · #263, 29y
Fatimah · #267, 29y
Keziah · #263, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Hermione · #265, 29y
Korey · #265, 29y
Malak · #265, 30y
Angharad · #266, 28y

Isobelle was ranked #265 in England and Wales · Girls in 2009. 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.

Isobelle 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 Isobelle without appearing here.

Isobelle moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1383 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1206 and #2689.
Anita Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1383 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1206 and #2063.
Julie Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1083 and #1083 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #823 and #1497.
Kelly Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1383 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1206 and #1774.

Moved ahead of Isobelle

Frida Compare
In 2017 they stood at #683 and #740 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1083 and #568.
Caoimhe Compare
In 2021 they stood at #918 and #957 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1383 and #876.
Eileen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #918 and #1069 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1383 and #876.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1206 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1406 and #952.

Moved the opposite way to Isobelle

Abigail Compare
Between 1995 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Isobelle went from #516 to #856 while Abigail went from #211 to #84.
Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isobelle went from #562 to #1406 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alice Compare
Between 1995 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Isobelle went from #516 to #856 while Alice went from #76 to #38.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isobelle went from #562 to #1406 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.

Moved the same way as Isobelle

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isobelle went from #562 to #1406 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isobelle went from #562 to #1406 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isobelle went from #562 to #1406 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isobelle went from #562 to #1406 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1995 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #265 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Isobelle

Isobelle at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Isobelle across 2 official records

Isobelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Isobelle at a glance

Isobelle across 2 official records

Isobelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Isobelle appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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