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Isabel

Rooted in Spanish, Isabel is a girl's name that means "Spanish form of Elizabeth". It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2000s. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.

SpanishSpanish form of Elizabeth
HebrewHebrew – "God is my oath"
Births by decade
1900s
2,937
1910s
7,797
1920s
8,629
1930s
4,704
1940s
3,693
1950s
4,209
1960s
3,850
1970s
4,087
1980s
5,099
1990s
16,241
2000s
36,107
2010s
18,423
Peaked in the 2000s · 115,776 total U.S. births since 1900