Ysabel
A female name derived from Spanish and Portuguese forms of Elizabeth, meaning "pledged to God".
Name Census estimates that about 1,132 living Americans carry the first name Ysabel. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 86.8% of registrations being female. The average person named Ysabel today is around 28 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Ysabel births was 1998 (51 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Ysabel. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Ysabel with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
1.1K
~ 1 in 302,787 Americans
Peak year
1998
51 babies that year
Average age
28
years old
1967 SSA rank
#3,967
Tracked since 1897
Census
Ysabel in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 2,560 people with the first name Ysabel, which placed it at #6,304 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#6,304
National first-name rank
People counted
2.6K
2,560 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.8
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
83.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Ysabel
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Ysabel is Hispanic at 83.9%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (6.7%) and White (6.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Ysabel described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Ysabel at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino83.9% · 2,147
- Asian and Pacific Islander6.7% · 172
- White6.0% · 154
- Two or more races2.0% · 50
- Black or African American1.1% · 28
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.4% · 9
Gender
Gender distribution for Ysabel
Ysabel leans heavily female at 86.8% of total registrations, but 225 boys have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Ysabel as a male name
- Ranked #3,967 in 1967
- 6 male births in 1967
- Peak: 1924 (13 births)
Ysabel as a female name
- Ranked #7,919 in 2024
- 14 female births in 2024
- Peak: 1998 (51 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Ysabel leans strongly female. 2,469 people counted with this name were female (96.6%), compared with 87 male bearers (3.4%).
Popularity
Ysabel: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Ysabel from the 1890s through to the 2020s, spanning 14 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 409 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ysabel by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Ysabel during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Ysabels live
The SSA's state-level files cover 4 states and territories. Texas, California, New York recorded the most babies named Ysabel, while Florida, New York, California recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 160 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Ysabel
The name Ysabel has its origins in the ancient Hebrew language, derived from the name Elisheva, meaning "God is my oath." It is a variant spelling of the more commonly known name Isabel or Elizabeth. The name gained widespread recognition during the medieval period, particularly in Spain and Portugal.
Ysabel emerged as a popular name among the Spanish and Portuguese nobility during the Middle Ages. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the 12th century, when Ysabel de Aragón, a Castilian noblewoman, was mentioned in historical records. She was the daughter of King Alfonso VII of León and Castile.
In the 13th century, the name gained further prominence with Ysabel de Francia, also known as Isabella of France. She was a French princess who married King Philip III of France in 1262. Her fame and influence helped to popularize the name throughout Europe.
During the Renaissance period, several notable women bore the name Ysabel. Ysabel de Villena, a 15th-century Spanish writer and intellectual, was renowned for her literary works and her patronage of the arts. Ysabel de Portugal, a 16th-century Portuguese princess, was celebrated for her piety and charitable works.
In the realm of religion, the name Ysabel has been associated with various saints and figures. One such figure was Ysabel de Hungría, a 13th-century Hungarian princess who became a Franciscan nun and was later canonized as Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.
The name Ysabel has also been carried by several influential women in the arts and literature. Ysabel de Polanco, a 16th-century Spanish poet and playwright, was renowned for her works in the Golden Age of Spanish literature. Ysabel Barreto, a 17th-century Portuguese poet, was celebrated for her lyrical compositions and contributions to the Renaissance literary tradition.
Other notable individuals who bore the name Ysabel include Ysabel Segura, a 15th-century Spanish explorer and navigator who accompanied Christopher Columbus on one of his voyages to the Americas, and Ysabel de Trastámara, a 15th-century Spanish princess who was briefly the Queen of Portugal.
People
Ysabel + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Ysabel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with Y
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Ysabel: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ysabel?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,132 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Ysabel going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 302,787 US residents.
Is Ysabel a common name?
We classify Ysabel as "Rare". It ranks above 90.9% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,701 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Ysabel most popular?
The single biggest year for Ysabel was 1998, when 51 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Ysabel is about 28 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Ysabel in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 2,560 people with the name Ysabel, or 0.85 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #6,304 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Ysabel in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Ysabel?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Ysabel leans strongly female. 2,469 people counted with this name were female (96.6%), compared with 87 male bearers (3.4%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Ysabel?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Ysabel is Hispanic at 83.9%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (6.7%) and White (6.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Ysabel most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Ysabel in the 2020 Census, accounting for 83.9% (2,147 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Ysabel in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Ysabel a female name?
Yes, 86.8% of people registered as Ysabel in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Ysabel still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Ysabel in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Ysabel can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Ysabel?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.