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

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Peak · girls
2025 · 6,012 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
58,252
since 1886

Isla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#286,012#9,7147
2024#355,382—
2023#335,386#10,8216
2022#365,285—
2021#335,542—
2020#444,579#10,6056
2019#574,043—
2018#823,410—
2017#1032,879—
2016#1272,521—
2015#1422,272—
2014#1512,135—
2013#1671,912—
2012#2301,385—
2011#2681,208—
2010#2971,099—
2009#345945—
2008#623493—
2007#1,357178—
2006#2,10792—
2005#2,96954—
2004#3,98935—
2003#3,65538—
2002#4,28029—
2001#4,83424—
2000#3,52737—
1999#5,66118—
1998#4,36625—
1997#4,50823—
1996#6,72313—
1995#5,67716—
1994#5,98415—
1993#10,5887—
1992#9,4918—
1991#7,98710—
1990#8,5019—
1989#9,6817—
1988#8,3918—
1987#7,9878—
1986#10,9125—
1985#6,03111—
1984——
1983#10,2755—
1982#9,2376—
1981#10,4115—
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1979#10,2105—
1978#5,95810—
1977#8,4446—
1976#9,2845—
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1965#6,5395—
1964#6,7675—
1963#6,5925—
1962#6,5785—
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1953#4,5957—
1952#4,1238—
1951#3,7149—
1950#3,6629—
1949#4,2357—
1948#3,35010—
1947#4,0078—
1946#4,9605—
1945#3,3888—
1944#2,40114—
1943#3,2499—
1942#3,7387—
1941#2,01817—
1940#2,73710—
1939#2,12515—
1938#2,44712—
1937#2,10115—
1936#1,50724—
1935#1,77919—
1934#2,42412—
1933#1,65821—
1932#1,68521—
1931#1,75020—
1930#1,66123—
1929#1,55525—
1928#1,58926—
1927#1,93520—
1926#1,58927—
1925#1,70025—
1924#1,87222—
1923#1,35034—
1922#1,20741—
1921#1,66826—
1920#1,75123—
1919#1,39331—
1918#1,29934—
1917#1,24134—
1916#1,21035—
1915#1,57122—
1914#1,22825—
1913#1,17622—
1912#1,35216—
1911#1,45011—
1910#1,20714—
1909#1,4719—
1908#93918—
1907#1,14212—
1906#1,15411—
1905#92616—
1904#1,2519—
1903#1,5926—
1902#1,2199—
1901#1,1369—
1900#1,05313—
1899#1,3946—
1898#1,00912—
1897#1,5555—
1896#1,2927—
1895#1,2028—
1894#1,3536—
1893#1,1757—
1892#1,2786—
1891#1,0937—
1890#87210—
1889#1,2795—
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1886#8977—
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First appearance
1886

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.

Where Isla is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Isla
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
139 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 2025 at #28 (6,012 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 2008–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 267
  • Highest: 1 in 267 girls born in 2025 were named Isla (0.37%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 55.3% of all girls named Isla (32,186) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23#693 (1887)#956
1890s74#872 (1890)#1,222
1900s112#926 (1905)#1,188
1910s244#1,176 (1913)#1,313
1920s269#1,207 (1922)#1,622
1930s182#1,507 (1936)#1,914
1940s95#2,018 (1941)#3,408
1950s33#3,662 (1950)#4,024
1960s20#6,539 (1965)#6,619
1970s26#5,958 (1978)#8,474
1980s55#6,031 (1985)#9,116
1990s144#4,366 (1998)#6,949
2000s1,925#345 (2009)#2,769
2010s22,864#57 (2019)#162
2020s32,186#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 1886

girls
#897
7 births · 1 in 20,648 girls

Top girls' names in 1886

  1. #1Mary9,889
  2. #2Anna4,283
  3. #3Emma2,764
  4. #4Elizabeth2,680
  5. #5Minnie2,372
  6. #6Margaret2,275
  7. #7Ida2,049
  8. #8Bertha2,001
  9. #9Clara1,916
  10. #10Florence1,860
  11. #897Isla7
More about 1886

girls

144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 20,648 of them was named Isla, which outranked 30.0% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Isla
  1. #828Zelda8
  2. #828Zena8
  3. #828Zola8
  4. #897Isla7
  5. #897Abby7
  6. #897Aileen7
  7. #897Allene7
  8. #993Aggie6
  9. #993Albert6
  10. #993Alwilda6

Tied with 95 names at #897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 441Felicia#1,047 → #606
  2. ↑ 414Arminda#1,047 → #633
  3. ↑ 414Fronie#1,047 → #633
  4. ↑ 390Zettie#1,047 → #657
  5. ↑ 365Vergie#921 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 532Cordia#576 → #1,108
  2. ↓ 532Dicie#576 → #1,108
  3. ↓ 532Johnie#576 → #1,108
  4. ↓ 500Philomene#608 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 479Malissie#629 → #1,108

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886 →