Isela Girl
How popular is Isela?
#1,927 girl name in 2025
100 baby girls were named Isela in the US in 2025, making it the 1927th most popular girl name.
Isela popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,927 for girls (▼ 75 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 100 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,524 in 2015, #1,872 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (196 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,014 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1926 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Isela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Isla family of names ranked #37 for girls in 2025 (#45 the year before), with 6,217 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Isla | 6,012 | 97% |
| Isela | 100 | 2% |
| Islah | 55 | 1% |
| Islay | 24 | 0% |
| Isella | 12 | 0% |
| Izla | 8 | 0% |
| Izella | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Isela is most popular
Babies named Isela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (128 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (111 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Isela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 12 | #3,872 |
| 1930s | 22 | #3,495 |
| 1940s | 67 | #2,973 |
| 1950s | 144 | #2,430 |
| 1960s | 232 | #1,728 |
| 1970s | 903 | #1,038 |
| 1980s | 704 | #1,304 |
| 1990s | 1,153 | #1,014 |
| 2000s | 1,312 | #1,210 |
| 2010s | 776 | #2,113 |
| 2020s | 600 | #1,792 |
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Questions
- Is Isela a boy or girl name?
- Isela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Isela were girls.
- How popular is the name Isela?
- 100 baby girls were named Isela in the US in 2025, making it the 1927th most popular girl name.
- When was Isela most popular?
- Isela peaked in 1998, when 196 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,014 in 1998.
- How many people are named Isela?
- 5,925 babies have been named Isela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,720 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Isela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Isela was most common in Arizona, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.