Female name
Isabella
60,512 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2011. Expression number: 7.
Origin
Latinate and Italian form of Isabel. The grape cultivar is popularly thought to have been discovered by a Mrs Isabella Gibbs of South Carolina in 1816.From Wiktionary, entry “Isabella”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2011: 3,464 births. 60,512 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 6th among girls' names in 2016. It is still given: 9,130 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2010: 22,966 births. 417,454 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 1st among girls' names in 2009. It is still given: 55,455 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2011: 154 births. 2,731 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 41st among girls' names in 2014. It really came into use around 2002. It is still given: 547 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 137,292 | 2012–2023 | 1st in 2023 |
| Austria | 9,911 | 1984–2025 | 24th in 2013 |
| Switzerland | 5,069* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 1,910 | 1980–2025 | 70th in 2010 |
| France | 1,850 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 1,197 | 2012–2023 | 37th in 2014 |
| Belgium | 86 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
9 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 25 → 7
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
9 + 1 + 5 + 1 = 16 → 7
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
9
humanity, generosity, completion
1 + 2 + 3 + 3 = 9
- Digits missing from the name
- 4, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.