Isla
#28 for girls in 2025, 6,012 births · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 6,012 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 58,252since 1886
Isla over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #28 | 6,012 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #35 | 5,382 | — | |
| 2023 | #33 | 5,386 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #36 | 5,285 | — | |
| 2021 | #33 | 5,542 | — | |
| 2020 | #44 | 4,579 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #57 | 4,043 | — | |
| 2018 | #82 | 3,410 | — | |
| 2017 | #103 | 2,879 | — | |
| 2016 | #127 | 2,521 | — | |
| 2015 | #142 | 2,272 | — | |
| 2014 | #151 | 2,135 | — | |
| 2013 | #167 | 1,912 | — | |
| 2012 | #230 | 1,385 | — | |
| 2011 | #268 | 1,208 | — | |
| 2010 | #297 | 1,099 | — | |
| 2009 | #345 | 945 | — | |
| 2008 | #623 | 493 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,357 | 178 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,107 | 92 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,969 | 54 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,655 | 38 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,527 | 37 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | — | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,589 | 27 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,872 | 22 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,207 | 41 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,751 | 23 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,299 | 34 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,241 | 34 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,210 | 35 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,228 | 25 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #939 | 18 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | — | |
| 1905 | #926 | 16 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,009 | 12 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Isla! It came in at #897, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Isla
- 7 spots since 2024 (#35 → #28)
- 16 spots since 2020 (#44 → #28)
- 114 spots since 2015 (#142 → #28)
- Biggest jump: 734 spots in 2008 (#1,357 → #623)
- Biggest drop: 532 spots in 1909 (#939 → #1,471)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 2025 at #28 (6,012 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 2008–2025
- Highest: 1 in 267 girls born in 2025 were named Isla (0.37%)
- 55.3% of all girls named Isla (32,186) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #693 (1887) | #956 |
| 1890s | 74 | #872 (1890) | #1,222 |
| 1900s | 112 | #926 (1905) | #1,188 |
| 1910s | 244 | #1,176 (1913) | #1,313 |
| 1920s | 269 | #1,207 (1922) | #1,622 |
| 1930s | 182 | #1,507 (1936) | #1,914 |
| 1940s | 95 | #2,018 (1941) | #3,408 |
| 1950s | 33 | #3,662 (1950) | #4,024 |
| 1960s | 20 | #6,539 (1965) | #6,619 |
| 1970s | 26 | #5,958 (1978) | #8,474 |
| 1980s | 55 | #6,031 (1985) | #9,116 |
| 1990s | 144 | #4,366 (1998) | #6,949 |
| 2000s | 1,925 | #345 (2009) | #2,769 |
| 2010s | 22,864 | #57 (2019) | #162 |
| 2020s | 32,186 | #28 (2025) | #35 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Isla in 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 298 of them was named Isla, which outranked 99.8% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 285,096 of them was named Isla, which outranked 23.9% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #9,763Zygmunt7
- #9,763Zyhaire7
- #9,763Zykari7
- #10,821Isla6
- #10,821Aadhavan6
- #10,821Aalias6
- #10,821Aalim6
- #12,239Aadarsh5
- #12,239Aadhan5
- #12,239Aadish5
Tied with 1,417 names at #10,821; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.