Island
- #2,583 for girls in 2025, 67 births
- #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
- Given to girls 86.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 67 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 698since 1998
Island over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #2,583 | 67 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 2024 | #2,585 | 68 | #4,571 | 22 |
| 2023 | #2,757 | 62 | #5,075 | 19 |
| 2022 | #3,703 | 41 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #2,751 | 62 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #2,823 | 58 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #3,388 | 46 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
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| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1998
The first year at least five girls were named Island! It came in at #14,122, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Island is popular in 2025
- 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
- Michigan#1,210 · 1 in 7,146
- Georgia#1,213 · 1 in 6,458
- Pennsylvania#1,392 · 1 in 9,338
- North Carolina#1,437 · 1 in 9,297
- New York#2,075 · 1 in 15,666
Best ever in a state: #632 in Louisiana, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #1,210 | 5 | 1 in 7,146 |
| Georgia | #1,213 | 7 | 1 in 6,458 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,392 | 5 | 1 in 9,338 |
| North Carolina | #1,437 | 5 | 1 in 9,297 |
| New York | #2,075 | 5 | 1 in 15,666 |
| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2 spots since 2024 (#2,585 → #2,583)
- 240 spots since 2020 (#2,823 → #2,583)
- 3,653 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #2,583)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1998
- Peaked 2025 at #2,583 (67 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,826
- Highest: 1 in 23,826 girls born in 2024 were named Island (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,989 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,583 in 2025, was only 1 in 23,989 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 51.3% of all girls named Island (358) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13 | #10,345 (1999) | #12,234 |
| 2000s | 103 | #6,768 (2004) | #9,751 |
| 2010s | 224 | #3,388 (2019) | #6,954 |
| 2020s | 358 | #2,583 (2025) | #2,867 |
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.
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