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Isobel

Girl#230 in 20246 lettersPeak 2005
208
Babies in 2024
-59%
10-year change
2005
Peak · 1.10k
-2%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 19962024
2.50k1.88k1.25k6250200020052010201520202024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.

About the name Isobel

Isobel peaked among UK girls' names in the late 2000s (1,098 babies in 2005) and has remained in active use — 208 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.

Isobel reached its peak in 2005, when 1,098 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #51 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 208 keeps the name in regular use.

Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 19,706 girls have been officially registered with the name Isobel in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 3,817 girls were registered with the name, starting from 509 in 2014 and ending at 208 in 2024.

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