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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | — | ||
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 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Alaska#148 · 1 in 407
- Hawaii#195 · 1 in 589
- Massachusetts#271 · 1 in 1,237
- Wisconsin#285 · 1 in 1,193
- Minnesota#354 · 1 in 1,610
Best ever in a state: #1 in Hawaii, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #148 | 6 | 1 in 407 |
| Hawaii | #195 | 6 | 1 in 589 |
| Massachusetts | #271 | 22 | 1 in 1,237 |
| Wisconsin | #285 | 21 | 1 in 1,193 |
| Minnesota | #354 | 16 | 1 in 1,610 |
| Washington | #356 | 21 | 1 in 1,531 |
| Connecticut | #400 | 7 | 1 in 1,859 |
| Oregon | #438 | 9 | 1 in 1,843 |
| Iowa | #476 | 6 | 1 in 2,255 |
| Michigan | #479 | 18 | 1 in 2,470 |
| Alabama | #490 | 9 | 1 in 2,331 |
| Virginia | #505 | 15 | 1 in 2,508 |
| California | #552 | 77 | 1 in 2,978 |
| Ohio | #561 | 18 | 1 in 3,133 |
| Maryland | #566 | 9 | 1 in 2,808 |
| Colorado | #586 | 9 | 1 in 2,722 |
| Pennsylvania | #604 | 16 | 1 in 3,459 |
| Kentucky | #623 | 6 | 1 in 3,371 |
| Indiana | #625 | 10 | 1 in 3,251 |
| New York | #637 | 28 | 1 in 3,412 |
| Missouri | #662 | 8 | 1 in 3,679 |
| South Carolina | #677 | 6 | 1 in 3,200 |
| Illinois | #752 | 16 | 1 in 4,139 |
| Utah | #753 | 5 | 1 in 3,955 |
| Florida | #759 | 20 | 1 in 4,304 |
| Texas | #792 | 37 | 1 in 4,533 |
| North Carolina | #862 | 10 | 1 in 4,808 |
| Arizona | #880 | 8 | 1 in 4,562 |
| Georgia | #1,009 | 9 | 1 in 5,869 |
| New Jersey | #1,028 | 6 | 1 in 6,548 |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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
| 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 2008
girls
#623
493 births · 1 in 3,836 girls
Top girls' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 3,836 of them was named Isla, which outranked 97.0% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).