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Ysabel

#5,715 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

My God is an oath, through Isabel

Ysabel has been given to 1,723 babies in the U.S. since 1897. In 2025 it ranked #5,715 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1998, with 51 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% girls, 13% boys all-time.

Babies named Ysabel, 2025

1 in 151,000

Ysabel over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ysabel over time

In 2025, Ysabel went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18972025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ysabel: meaning, origin, and history

My God is an oath, through Isabel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ysabel means

Ysabel belongs to the name family reached through Ysabel → Isabel. Its meaning is “my God is an oath”.

Origin, language, and formation

Ysabel is used in English, Middle French, Old French and Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Isabel.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Ysabel is pronounced /isaˈbel/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,498 girls were recorded with the name Ysabel between 1897 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 51 in 1998; its best national rank was #1,633 in 1910.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,070 in 2020 to #5,715 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,448 in 2015 to #5,715 in 2025.

In the United States, 225 boys were recorded with the name Ysabel between 1915 and 1967. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1924; its best national rank was #2,291 in 1930.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ysabel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 151,000
22 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 73,100
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,715
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
104,451 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ysabel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 104,451 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ysabel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ysabels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ysabel was born before 1999 — so the typical Ysabel is around 26 today.

Median birth year
1999
About 26 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
27.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
45.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,110
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 27.3% of all recorded uses (409).

Is Ysabel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,226
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+355
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−267
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.88×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
43.1%
Peak was 1998 (51)
Years since peak
27
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,633
1910

Spellings of Ysabel

Ysabel is not the most common spelling — Mabel is, with 43.2% against Ysabel's 0.45%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ysabel is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Ysabel was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 86,497 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 50,000
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ysabel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Ysabel is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Ysabel was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 295,155 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ysabel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ysabel around the world

Where Ysabel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2012
    #4,171
    in 2012
  • France
    1956–1995
    #2,682
    in 1995
  • Canada
    1994–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1988–2009
    #818
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ysabel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,715
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 355
Best rank ever
#1,633
1910
Peak year
1998
51 that year
First recorded
1897
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,498
Count in 2025
22

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,291
1930
Peak year
1924
13 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
1967
All-time count
225
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ysabel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

YsabellaRebelIsobelIzabelMirabelYsabelleMaybelJezebelJezabelRosabelMaebelAnabelArabelClaribelRosibelSibelMarybelAnnabelYsabelaArisbelAmabelAribelMaribelYsamar

Sibling names for Ysabel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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