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Popularity of the baby name Isabella


Posts that mention the name Isabella

Popular baby names in San Diego (California), 2023

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Two years ago, the California county of San Diego welcomed 35,713 babies — 17,289 girls and 18,424 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Emma and Noah.

Here are San Diego’s top 10+ girl names and top 10 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

  1. Emma, 199 baby girls
  2. Mia, 184
  3. Olivia, 170
  4. Camila, 151
  5. Sophia, 147
  6. Sofia, 144
  7. Isabella, 138
  8. Luna, 125
  9. Amelia, 124
  10. Charlotte, 95 (tie)
  11. Penelope, 95 (tie)

Boy names

  1. Noah, 224 baby boys
  2. Liam, 198
  3. Mateo, 195
  4. Sebastian, 165
  5. Oliver, 154
  6. Elijah, 134
  7. Luca, 127
  8. Julian, 124
  9. Benjamin, 122 (tie)
  10. Santiago, 122 (tie)

A year earlier, in 2022, the top names were Olivia and Mateo.

P.S. I’ve also posted 2023 rankings for the California county of Sonoma.

Source: Data on Children – SanDiegoCounty.gov

Image: Adapted from Flag of California (public domain)

Popular baby names in Mexico, 2022

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Back in 2022, the North American country of Mexico welcomed 1,891,388 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Sofia and Santiago.

Here are Mexico’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2022:

Girl names

  1. Sofia
  2. Regina
  3. Maria Jose
  4. Valentina
  5. Camila
  6. Maria Fernanda
  7. Isabella
  8. Ximena
  9. Victoria
  10. Romina

Boy names

  1. Santiago
  2. Mateo
  3. Sebastian
  4. Leonardo
  5. Matias
  6. Daniel
  7. Emiliano
  8. Miguel Angel
  9. Diego
  10. Alejandro

In the girls’ top 10, Isabella and Romina replaced Valeria and Renata.

In the boys’ top 10, Alejandro replaced Gael.

A year earlier, in 2021, Mexico’s top names were also Sofia and Santiago.

P.S. As of mid-2025, these top-ten lists for 2022 are Mexico’s most up-to-date baby name rankings. (If I come across a longer set of ’22 rankings in the future, I’ll come back and update this post.)

Sources: Natalidad – INEGI, Estadística De Nacimientos Registrados (Enr) 2022 – INEGI (PDF)

Image: Adapted from Flag of Mexico (public domain)

Popular baby names in Buenos Aires, 2024

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Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, is home to over 3.1 million people.

Last year, the most popular baby names in the city were Olivia and Mateo, according to data from the Buenos Aires Civil Registry.

Here are the city’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Olivia, 544 baby girls
  2. Sofía, 420
  3. Emma, 400
  4. Emilia, 382
  5. Isabella, 322
  6. Catalina, 321
  7. Martina, 295
  8. Delfina, 281
  9. Mía, 262
  10. Valentina, 258

Boy names

  1. Mateo, 524 baby boys
  2. Felipe, 445
  3. Enzo, 426
  4. Bautista, 383
  5. Benjamín, 374
  6. Valentino, 307
  7. Bruno, 306
  8. Liam, 299
  9. Noah, 291
  10. Joaquín, 275

The city’s news release also mentioned several of the baby names that were bestowed fewer than 100 times each last year…

  • Girl names: Antonia, Cielo, Elena, Eva, Luz
  • Boy names: Amadeo, Beltrán, Franco, Nicolás

I’ve never posted rankings for Buenos Aires before, but here are the most recent rankings for Argentina (2023), if you’d like to compare this list to that one.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of Argentina (public domain)

Popular baby names in England and Wales (UK), 2024

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Last year, the countries of England and Wales together welcomed 594,677 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Olivia and Muhammad.

Here are England and Wales’ top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Olivia, 2,761 baby girls
  2. Amelia, 2,448
  3. Lily, 2,185
  4. Isla, 2,056
  5. Ivy, 1,956
  6. Florence, 1,936
  7. Freya, 1,929
  8. Poppy, 1,888
  9. Ava, 1,774
  10. Elsie, 1,727
  11. Isabella, 1,708
  12. Sofia, 1,626
  13. Sophia, 1,610
  14. Mia, 1,609
  15. Maya, 1,592
  16. Bonnie, 1,583
  17. Phoebe, 1,549
  18. Daisy, 1,548
  19. Sienna, 1,537
  20. Evelyn, 1,512
  21. Willow, 1,481
  22. Harper, 1,461
  23. Charlotte, 1,418
  24. Rosie, 1,406
  25. Grace, 1,390
  26. Maeve, 1,265
  27. Millie, 1,255
  28. Margot, 1,243
  29. Evie, 1,231
  30. Arabella, 1,222
  31. Matilda, 1,220
  32. Hallie, 1,218
  33. Delilah, 1,180
  34. Emily, 1,170
  35. Aria, 1,154
  36. Penelope, 1,133
  37. Mabel, 1,113
  38. Lottie, 1,109
  39. Ella, 1,108
  40. Ada, 1,049
  41. Ruby, 1,020
  42. Violet, 1,010
  43. Aurora, 1,002
  44. Maisie, 992
  45. Emilia, 961
  46. Mila, 953
  47. Ayla, 922
  48. Luna, 908
  49. Alice, 896
  50. Sophie, 886

Boy names

  1. Muhammad, 5,721 baby boys
  2. Noah, 4,139
  3. Oliver, 3,492
  4. Arthur, 3,368
  5. Leo, 3,324
  6. George, 3,257
  7. Luca, 2,814
  8. Theodore, 2,761
  9. Oscar, 2,747
  10. Archie, 2,575
  11. Jude, 2,540
  12. Theo, 2,387
  13. Freddie, 2,369
  14. Henry, 2,360
  15. Arlo, 2,220
  16. Alfie, 2,020
  17. Charlie, 1,956
  18. Finley, 1,886
  19. Albie, 1,820
  20. Harry, 1,765
  21. Mohammed, 1,760
  22. Jack, 1,711
  23. Elijah, 1,661
  24. Rory, 1,588
  25. Lucas, 1,550
  26. Thomas, 1,543
  27. William, 1,517
  28. Louie, 1,516
  29. Teddy, 1,506
  30. Jacob, 1,484
  31. Edward, 1,461
  32. Roman, 1,454
  33. Reuben, 1,442
  34. Oakley, 1,432
  35. Adam, 1,410
  36. Alexander, 1,365
  37. Isaac, 1,360
  38. Ezra, 1,339
  39. Tommy, 1,324
  40. James, 1,252
  41. Rowan, 1,246
  42. Hudson, 1,216
  43. Reggie, 1,194
  44. Max, 1,140
  45. Sebastian, 1,116
  46. Hugo, 1,094
  47. Louis, 1,092
  48. Ethan, 1,086
  49. Ronnie, 1,059
  50. Joshua, 1,027

In the girls’ top 10, Poppy and Elsie replaced Willow and Isabella.

In the boys’ top 10, Archie replaced Henry.

At the other end of the spectrum I spotted Bryher (given to 5 baby girls), no doubt inspired by Bryher Island, located off the coast of Cornwall.

And, speaking of rare names, here’s a selection of those that were given to just three babies each in England and Wales (combined) in last year:

Rare girl namesRare boy names
Ascia, Barley, Clementina, Drashti, Euphemia, Fodhla, Gwenlli, Hyacinth, Isidora, Jindh, Kanak, Letizia, Migle, Ngoc, Olayinka, Pearly, Quinnie, Rennala, Sorella, Tirion, Unathi, Valora, Wallis, Xanthi, Yuet, ZhilaAelfred, Bramwell, Canelo, Doulton, Erling, Ferdia, Gursimran, Horace, Iorwerth, Jolyon, Kenshin, Llywelyn, Mawgan, Nikunj, Ozair, Penuel, Quintus, Rudolph, Shabsi, Teifion, Ugnius, Vishvam, Western, Xyleek, Ynyr, Zaroon

Some facts/thoughts about a few of the above…

  • Canelo is the Spanish word for “cinnamon.” (It’s also used as a nickname for a redheaded person.)
  • Erling is the first name of Norwegian soccer player Erling Haaland (who currently plays for Manchester City).
  • Gwenlli is a short form of the Welsh name Gwenllian.
  • Migle is based on the Lithuanian word migla, meaning “mist.”
  • Teifion may be based on the name of the River Teifi in Wales.
  • Xyleek, which debuted impressively in the U.S. data last year, may have been inspired by a TikTok video.
  • Ynyr is the Welsh form of the Latin name Honorius.

Finally, here are the 2024 rankings for Scotland and Northern Ireland — the other two countries in the United Kingdom — and the 2023 rankings for England and Wales, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from Flag of the United Kingdom (public domain)