Izabel
Feminine · “my God is an oath”
Izabel is how Polish and Portuguese write Isabel, and Isabel is what medieval Spain made of Elizabeth — a Hebrew name that came apart and was put back together in a new language.
How old is the name Izabel?
Izabel first appears in US birth records in 1922 — 103 years ago. The typical Izabel alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 3,800 people named Izabel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Izabel most popular?
Izabel peaked in 2007, reaching #1037 nationally. Today it ranks #3296, 2,259 places below that high. See the whole 2007 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elisheva to Izabel
The story of Izabel
Elisheva became Elisabet in Greek, Elisabeth in Latin, and in Occitan and Spanish the opening syllable dropped away — a common enough change — leaving Elisabel and then Isabel. It became one of the great royal names of Spain, Portugal and England. Polish writes it Izabela and Portuguese Izabel, using the z that both languages prefer for that sound, and Izabel reaches American records from both.
Meaningscholars disagree
my God is an oath
Elizabeth is from Hebrew Elisheva, generally read as my God is an oath or my God is abundance. Isabel is the medieval Iberian development of it, and some scholars treat the two as separate names by the thirteenth century rather than one; the derivation itself is not seriously disputed.
How the name formed
- Elisheva
- Elisabeth
- Isabel
- Izabel
Related forms: Isabel · Izabela · Isabella · Isabelle
Pronouncing Izabel
EE-zah-bel
Three syllables. Polish stresses the middle; Portuguese and Spanish stress the last, ee-zah-BEL.
Nicknames for Izabel
Moderate
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
- 1922
- Most girls named
- 2007254 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1037reached in 2007
- Change vs 2024
- −16.1%47 in 2025, from 56
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.
Izabel in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Isabel in Spanish — spelling variant
- Izabela in Polish — related form
- Isabella in Italian — related form
- Isabelle in French — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Izabels among us
people named Izabel are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 34,197 born in 2025 was named Izabel
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Izabel
- #3296
- Izabel on the 2025 chart
- #169
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Izabel went to 47 girls in 2025, but Isabel, Isabell and Izabell are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 1,894, which makes it the 169th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,127 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 849 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 34,197 for Izabel itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Madelaine test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Izabel's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Madelaine climbed just as high around 1942, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Madelaine's path sketches the road Izabel is walking now.
Izabel 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 Izabel is headed
Izabel is easing off slowly — about 21% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Izabel beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Izabel 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 reaching back to a Hebrew name of the first century and earlier.
- Iza, Belle and Izzy are all ready short forms in different languages.
- It is readable in Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and English without change.
- Isabel is the standard English and Spanish spelling and will be written for her regularly.
- The stress differs between Polish and Iberian usage.
- Isabella, Isabelle and Izabel are all very widely used and get confused.
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Frequently asked
- How many Izabels are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,800 people named Izabel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Izabel?
- Izabel is one of 4 recorded spellings. Isabel is the more common one — 1,746 births in 2025 against 47 for Izabel.
- How popular is the name Izabel in 2025?
- Izabel ranks #3296 among US girl names in 2025, with 47 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Izabel?
- About 1 in every 34,197 US girls born in 2025 was named Izabel — 47 in all.
- Will my child share the name Izabel with classmates?
- Izabel will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Izabel
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