Isabella
Top 1000
About Isabella
Isabella has been a Top 10 name for girls in the US for two decades now. The Latinate form of Isabel, a variation of Elizabeth which originally derived from the Hebrew name Elisheba, Isabella reigned as Number 1 in 2009 and 2010.
Isabella, which feels both modern and traditional, has incredible cross-cultural appeal to parents from a range of religious and ethnic backgrounds. It's feminine but also substantial, with a long history as a royal and classic name comfortable on the international stage.
Isabella is of course wildly popular in both the English and Spanish speaking worlds, but it also ranks among the Top 100 girls' names in a wide range of western countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia.
Isabella's success is due at least in part to the 'Twilight' effect and lead character Isabella 'Bella' Swan. Some parents choose it to get to the short form Bella, while others prefer to use the irreverent Izzy or Issy, while still others insist on using it in its full four-syllable glory.
Variations Isabelle and Isabel are also popular, with the Scottish spelling Isobel another possibility. Newer alternatives include Sabella and Isabetta.
Isabella is familiar through various European queens, including the Queen of Spain who funded Christopher Columbus, and was used by Shakespeare in Measure for Measure.
Pronounced iz-uh-BEL-uh.
As of October 2026, Isabella ranked #7 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1 in 2009, Nameberry popularity #37.
Editor's take: The name Isabella is a girl's name of Hebrew, Spanish, Italian origin meaning "pledged to God".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4 | 17,133 | 9,591 |
| 2015 | #5 | 15,661 | 8,773.2 |
| 2016 | #5 | 14,861 | 8,386.5 |
| 2017 | #4 | 15,254 | 8,835.4 |
| 2018 | #4 | 14,568 | 8,564 |
| 2019 | #5 | 13,404 | 7,986.3 |
| 2020 | #7 | 12,217 | 7,557.5 |
| 2021 | #7 | 11,297 | 6,884.8 |
| 2022 | #6 | 11,747 | 7,162.2 |
| 2023 | #7 | 10,853 | 6,763.8 |
| 2024 | #7 | 10,770 | 6,647.4 |
| 2025 | #7 | 10,666 | 6,636.1 |
World rankings
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Isabella on lists
Famous Isabellas
- Isabella I
Queen of Castile
- Isabella II (born María Isabel Luisa de Borbón y Borbón
Dos Sicilias), Queen of Spain
- Isabella of France
Queen consort of Edward II of England
- Isabella Clara Eugenia
Infanta of Spain, ruler of the Spanish Netherlands, daughter of Philip II of Spain
- Isabella of Angouleme
Queen consort of John of England
- Isabella of Portugal
Holy Roman Empress consort of Charles V
- Isabella of Portugal
Queen consort of John II of Castile; mother of Isabella I of Castile
- Isabella of Aragon
Queen consort of Manuel I of Portugal
- Isabella of Aragon
Queen consort of Philip III of France
- Isabella of Aragon
Queen consort of Frederick the Fair of Germany
- Isabella of Austria
Queen consort of Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway
- Isabella I and II
Queens of Jerusalem
- Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini
Italian actress, daughter of actress Ingrid Bergman
- Isabella Acres
American actress
- Isabella Boylston
American ballerina
- Isabella Tobias
American,born Israeli ice dancer
- Isabella Delves Broughton Blow
English magazine editor
- Isabella Khair 'Bella' Hadid
American model and TV personality
- Isabella Stewart Gardner
American art collector and socialite
- Isabella Mary Beeton
English cookbook author
- Isabella of Armenia
Princess of Tyre, daughter of Leo II of Armenia
- Isabella of Savoy
Hereditary Princess of Modena
- Isabella Maria Luisa Antonietta Ferdinanda Giuseppina Saveria Domenica Giovanna
Princess of Parma; granddaughter of Philip V of Spain
- Isabella
Princess of Bavaria (Marie Elisabeth Luise Amalie Elvire Blanche Eleonore), Duchess of Genoa
- Isabella Hedwig Franziska Natalie
Princess of Croÿ
- Isabella Antonie Eleonore Natalie Klementine
Princess of Croÿ
- Isabella D'Este
Marchesa of Mantua and Renaissance woman
- Isabella Amaryllis Charlotte Anstruther
Gough,Calthorpe, English model/actress
- Isabella Kai Rice
American child actress
- Isabella "Bella" Loggins (b. 1991)
daughter of singer Kenny Loggins
- Isabella Jane "Bella" Cruise (b. 1992)
daughter of actors Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
- Isabella Anastasio
daughter of musician Trey Anastasio of Phish
- Isabella Patricia Phillips (b. 1997)
daughter of actor Lou Diamond Phillips
- Isabella Rack Giannulli (b. 1998)
daughter of actress Lori Loughlin
- Isabella 'Bella' Wallington (b. 1999)
daughter of actress Tina Hobley and Steve Wallington
- Isabella Lily Juliana van Vollenhoven (b. 2002)
daughter of Prince Bernhard of Orange,Nassau
- Isabella Justice Hartley (b. 2004)
daughter of actors Justin and Lindsay Hartley
- Isabella Claire Lachey (b. 2006)
daughter of singer Drew Lachey
- Isabella Damon (b. 2006)
daughter of actor Matt Damon
- Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe (b. 2007)
Princess of Denmark; daughter of Crown Prince Frederik
- Isabella Sophia Gracin (b. 2008)
daughter of country music singer Josh Gracin
- Isabella Amora Watson (b. 2009)
daughter of actress Jennifer Freeman and basketball player Earl Watson
- Isabella Brandie Lilja Foreman (adopted 2009)
daughter of boxer George Foreman
- Isabella Orozco (Blázquez) (b. 2010)
daughter of singer Fey and Alonso Orozco
- Isabella Bare
daughter of singer Bobby Bare, Jr.
- Isabella Mary (b. 2010)
daughter of singer Eliza Carthy
- Isabella Anthonette Jacobs (b. 2011)
daughter of TV weather forecasters Rose and Steven Jacobs
- Isabella Kathryn Coben (b. 2011)
daughter of actress Jane Leeves and Marshall Coben
- Isabella Celico Leite (b. 2011)
daughter of Caroline Celico and footballer Kaká
- Isabella Viking Alt (b. 2012)
daughter of DJ and actress Caroline D'Amore and Bobby Alt
- Isabella Monroe Nguyen (b. 2014)
daughter of reality TV personality Tila Tequila
- Isabella Eve Gad (b. 2014)
daughter of actor Josh Gad
- Isabella Rose Sheppard (b. 2016)
daughter of actor Mark Sheppard
- Isabella Victoria Rooney (b. 2016)
daughter of actress Christy Carlton Romano and writer,producer Brendan Rooney
- Isabella
daughter of YouTubers Bryan & Sarah ("The Crazie Crew")
- Isabella Faith Pobre (b. 2020)
daughter of Stacy Keibler and Jared Pobre
Isabella in pop culture
- Isabella Knightley (nee Woodhouse)
character in Jane Austen's "Emma"
- Isabella Thorpe
character in Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey"
- Isabella Linton
character in "Wuthering Heights"
- Isabella Maria Lucia Elisabetta
character on "Galavant"
- Isabella
character in movie "Read It and Weep"
- Isabella
a character in Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure"
- Isabella
character in "Orlando Furioso" by Torquato Tasso
- Isabella "Bella" Swan
character in the Twilight series
- Isabella Turk
character on TV's "Scrubs"
- Isabella Garcia
Shapiro, character on animated series "Phineas and Ferb"
- Isabella "Bella" Jones
character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
- Isabella Parigi
character in "The Lizzie McGuire Movie"
- Daisuke "Isabella" Yamamoto
character in manga "Paradise Kiss"
- Isabella Braña Williams
character on American soap "The Young and the Restless"
- Isabella "Bella" Hartley
character on TV's "H2O: Just Add Water"
- Isabella "Izzy" Fuentes
character on TV's "I'm in the Band"
- Isabella "Ivy" Valentine
character in video game "Soul Calibur"
- "Isabella
" song by Tom Jobim
- Isabella
Anna's daughter on Freeform's "The Fosters"
- 'Sensuella Isabella'
song by Tomas Ledin
- "Bring A Torch
Jeanette, Isabella", French Christmas Carol
- Isabella Camherst/Trent
main character in The Natural History of Dragons book series by Marie Brennan
- Isabella
antagonist in the manga/anime series "The Promised Neverland"