Isobel

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Isobel is the Scottish form of the female given name Isabel. It originates from the medieval form of the name Elisabeth.

From Wikipedia

Isobel first appears in the data in 1894 and has been recorded in 102 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 129 babies (rank #1,664 that year). In 2024 it was given to 78 girls (rank #2,351). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Isobel

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Isobel yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3,722
Total babies (all years)
102
Years in the data
129
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18945#1,581
189510#1,086
18965#1,694
18976#1,458
18989#1,211
18997#1,323
19007#1,644
19016#1,564
190210#1,167
190313#999
190412#1,074
190517#910
190618#885
190712#1,169
190821#863
190913#1,180
191017#1,090
191119#1,020
191235#852
191329#1,014
191442#908
191538#1,107
191669#817
191742#1,102
191840#1,194
191935#1,305
192035#1,329
192158#978
192242#1,196
192347#1,121
192436#1,369
192549#1,096
192637#1,291
192743#1,180
192846#1,124
192929#1,432
193033#1,334
193117#1,983
193234#1,246
193328#1,383
193416#2,034
193518#1,874
193617#1,910
193712#2,500
19389#3,030
19396#3,976
194012#2,482
194110#2,929
19428#3,552
19438#3,622
19445#4,853
19456#4,243
194611#3,109
194713#2,964
19488#4,013
19505#5,612
19516#5,085
19528#4,269
19545#6,088
195611#3,780
195810#4,046
19596#5,839
19625#6,949
19657#5,484
19707#6,594
19746#8,062
19887#9,627
199010#8,104
199110#8,196
19929#9,016
199317#5,507
199425#4,165
199527#3,920
199619#5,145
199744#2,788
199848#2,775
199961#2,413
200056#2,645
200157#2,646
200269#2,338
200367#2,449
200450#3,092
200552#3,067
200678#2,408
2007110#1,888
200881#2,386
200995#2,126
2010102#1,963
201182#2,281
201285#2,215
2013100#1,971
201498#2,016
201593#2,098
2016129#1,664
2017112#1,836
201889#2,137
201991#2,078
202094#1,996
202192#2,076
202284#2,232
202395#2,054
202478#2,351