Isadora
Feminine · “gift of Isis”
Isadora comes from the Greek Isidōros, a name built around the goddess Isis and carried by Greek speakers in Egypt more than two thousand years ago. It has been on American records since the very earliest years of national name-keeping, never crowding the playground and never disappearing either. Four syllables that end soft, with a stressed DOR at the center to hold them together.
How old is the name Isadora?
Isadora was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Isadora alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 3,900 people named Isadora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Isadora most popular?
Isadora peaked in 1882, reaching #634 nationally. Today it ranks #1261, 627 places below that high. See the whole 1882 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Isidōros to Isadora
The story of Isadora
The masculine Isidōros was common in Hellenistic Egypt, where Greek settlers and Egyptian tradition met, and the feminine Isidōra followed alongside it. The name outlived the goddess it honored: it passed into Christian use through Isidore of Seville, the seventh-century bishop and encyclopedist, and stayed alive in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Greek. The a-spelling, Isadora, is the one English speakers settled on, and it is also the standard form in Brazil, where it has been in heavy use for decades. In the United States it has been quietly present since record-keeping began, thinning out and returning without ever vanishing.
Meaning
gift of Isis
From Greek Isis (the Egyptian goddess, whose worship spread widely through the Greek-speaking world) plus dōron, 'gift'.
How the name formed
- Isidōros
- Isidōra
- Isidora
- Isadora
Related forms: Isidora · Isadora · Isidora · Isidora · Isidora · Isidore
Pronouncing Isadora
iz-uh-DOR-uh
Stress on the third syllable. Both a soft opening (iz-) and a hissed one (iss-) are heard; the soft version is standard in English. Spanish and Portuguese speakers stress the same syllable, which makes it travel easily.
Nicknames for Isadora
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 2025177 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #634reached in 1882
- Change vs 2022
- +21.2%177 in 2025, from 146
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Isadora in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Isidora in Spanish — spelling variant
- Isadora in Portuguese — same name
- Isidora in Italian — spelling variant
- Isidora in Greek — transliteration
- Isidora in Russian — transliteration
- Isidore in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida, New York.
Isadoras among us
people named Isadora are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 9,081 born in 2025 was named Isadora
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Isadora sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Isadora is headed
Isadora should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Isadora beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Isadora in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented line running from ancient Greek Egypt to the present, with no gaps requiring guesswork.
- Works unchanged in Portuguese and needs only one letter's adjustment in Spanish, Italian and Greek.
- Several established short forms already in use — Izzy, Dora, Isa — so a child has options without inventing one.
- A child named Isadora will almost certainly be the only one in her school, while the name itself is recognizable rather than novel.
- Isadora and Isidora are both real, both old, and easily confused. Expect to spell it aloud, and to see the i-version come back on forms occasionally.
- Izzy is the short form most people reach for, and it is already crowded — plenty of Isabellas and Isabels answer to it too.
- Four syllables is a lot for a roll call or a paired first-and-middle name; it sits best with something short after it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Isadoras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,900 people named Isadora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Isadora in 2025?
- Isadora ranks #1261 among US girl names in 2025, with 177 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Isadora?
- About 1 in every 9,081 US girls born in 2025 was named Isadora — 177 in all.
- Will my child share the name Isadora with classmates?
- Isadora will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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