Izabela
Feminine · “God is my oath”
Izabela is the Polish and Portuguese spelling of Isabella, which began as a Spanish reworking of Elisheva — a Hebrew name meaning God is my oath.
How old is the name Izabela?
Izabela first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Izabela alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 1,800 people named Izabela are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Izabela most popular?
Izabela peaked in 2006, reaching #2069 nationally. Today it ranks #3903, 1,834 places below that high. See the whole 2006 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elisheva to Izabela
The story of Izabela
Isabel developed from Elizabeth in the Iberian peninsula and became a separate name — for centuries the two were used interchangeably in royal families, and the same woman could appear as both. Isabella of Castile is the best-known bearer. Polish gives Izabela and Portuguese the same spelling, and it reaches American records with families from both.
Meaning
God is my oath
From Hebrew Elisheva, joining el, God, to a word for an oath or seven; medieval Provençal and Spanish reshaped Elizabeth into Isabel, dropping the first syllable and altering the ending, and the two are the same name.
How the name formed
- Elisheva
- Elizabeth
- Isabel
- Izabela
Related forms: Izabela · Isabella · Isabel · Elisheva
Pronouncing Izabela
ee-zah-BEH-lah
Four syllables with the stress on the third. Polish and Portuguese give the same shape.
Nicknames for Izabela
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
- 1987
- Most girls named
- 200695 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2069reached in 2006
- Change vs 2024
- −19.6%37 in 2025, from 46
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.
Izabela in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Izabela in Polish — same name
- Isabella in Italian — same name
- Isabel in Spanish — same name
- Elisheva in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Illinois, California, Florida.
Izabelas among us
people named Izabela are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 43,440 born in 2025 was named Izabela
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Izabela
- #3903
- Izabela on the 2025 chart
- #8
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Izabela went to 37 girls in 2025, but Isabella, Izabella and Isabela are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 11,661, which makes it the 8th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,895 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 138 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 43,440 for Izabela 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 Rosilyn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Izabela's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rosilyn climbed just as high around 1949, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rosilyn's path sketches the road Izabela is walking now.
Izabela 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 Izabela is headed
Izabela 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.
Izabela beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Izabela in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that forms a complete sentence.
- Iza and Bela are both warm short forms in current use.
- Recognized in some form in nearly every European language.
- Isabella is the standard American spelling and will be written for her.
- Seven letters and four syllables is a fair amount for early handwriting.
- The z will be replaced with an s constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Izabelas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Izabela are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Izabela?
- Izabela is one of 4 recorded spellings. Isabella is the more common one — 10,666 births in 2025 against 37 for Izabela.
- How popular is the name Izabela in 2025?
- Izabela ranks #3903 among US girl names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Izabela?
- About 1 in every 43,440 US girls born in 2025 was named Izabela — 37 in all.
- Will my child share the name Izabela with classmates?
- Izabela will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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