Both DH and I have loved Isobel for a girl since day dot. I have a couple of other girls names I love too but DH just adores Isobel and the more I think about it, I really do too. My only concern is that it's too popular these days. I know the spelling I have chosen is slightly different but that means nothing to me, it still says Isobel and sounds the same as any other spelling of Isobel and it is also very similar to Isabella which was #4 in the top 10 in Australia last year.
I really don't want our little 'Izzy' to be one of 5 in her class at school. Do you girls think that will be the case, honestly? How popular is Isobel/Isabella at the moment?
TIA!
PS: boys names - sorted. They were so much easier!!
Isabelle, Isobel, Isabel, Bella, Isabella - they are all extremely popular at the moment. In Victoria in 2008, Isabella was the 4th most popular name for a girl, while Isabelle was 24th and Isabel was 70th or thereabouts. Check the WA births registry and I suspect you will have the same sort of result....
Funny how names pan out. Flynn was 73rd when we chose it and is slowly dropping in popularity, but Oliver is climbing. I wanted Rex, though........!
Good advice Rory - that is eaxtly what I was looking for. I don't know why I didn't find that info earlier seeing I'm such a 'google queen'!
Well, to my surprise, Isobel didn't even make the Top 50 in WA in 2008. Isabella was #8 with a total of 144 occurrences which really isn't that much given there were 32139 births registered in WA in 2008 (so roughly 15000 baby girls). Bella came in at #50 with only 34 occurrences.
Keep the feedback coming girls but given that bit of info above, I really don't think Isobel is anywhere near as popular as I first thought.
if your only concern is the poularity use it when Jack was born jack was supposedly the #1 boys name for 2006 I am yet to meet another Jack his age I have met a couple younger ones and a few way older but none his age HTH...
to be honest i dont really think its that popular.. i dont know any Isobels or isabelles. although i really like the name. especially the way your going to spell it!
it can be so hard choosing a name i think if you really like it then you should use it!
all the best!
Isobal is not as common as Isabella, and I'd say both are really declining in popularity - 5 years ago in kindies we were seeing 3 or 4 in a group, but right now there's hardly any (in that time I've also moved from Vic to Qld) which is what makes me think it's much more common among kids already at school.
Go for it, it is such a lovely name.
Isobel - is it really too common?
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