Feminine dossier · first seen 1894

Isobel

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Isobel
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2016

Peak rank proxy

129

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1894Peak 20162024

Peak year

2016

Decline from peak

39.5%

2024

All-time

3,722

Isobel has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2016, when 129 girls were named Isobel.

In 2024, only 78 girls were given the name.

Down 39.5% from its peak.

All told, about 3,722 Americans have been named Isobel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1894.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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