Isabela
Isabela is a name with multiple cultural origins: Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian.
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
Meaning & Origin of Isabela
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Isabela is a name with multiple cultural origins: Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
The Story of Isabela
Isabela first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1982, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2004: 695 births, good for #442 nationwide. About 40% of every Isabela on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Isabela ranks #592 for baby girls with 512 births, rising sharply (+44% over the past five years). All told, over 13K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Isabela
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Isabela. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Isabela
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About the name Isabela
Isabela is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 13K births in the dataset. Isabela's peak popularity came in 2004 when it ranked #442. Use the chart and map above to compare Isabela's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.