NameTides

Isla

Isla was the #28 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6,012 babies), and #4 in England & Wales and #14 in Canada.

Isla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Isla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Isla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#28 (6,012)#4 (1,959)#2 (253)#4 (97)#13 (203)#14 (739)#4 (317)#5 (309)
2024#35 (5,382)#4 (2,056)#2 (264)#8 (91)#13 (193)#13 (750)#5 (320)#1 (389)
2023#33 (5,386)#3 (2,337)#1 (274)#1 (147)#11 (227)#13 (760)#1 (403)#5 (280)
2022#36 (5,285)#3 (2,613)#2 (296)#5 (118)#17 (228)#13 (778)#3 (403)#3 (345)
2021#33 (5,542)#3 (2,683)#3 (317)#5 (138)#17 (226)#10 (939)#4 (439)#3 (388)
2020#44 (4,579)#3 (2,749)#1 (347)#3 (144)#26 (174)#11 (843)#5 (420)#5 (351)
2019#57 (4,043)#3 (2,981)#3 (364)#4 (147)#34 (170)#24 (725)#5 (408)#5 (368)
2018#82 (3,410)#4 (3,046)#3 (383)#7 (135)#37 (147)#28 (699)#6 (372)#6 (290)
2017#103 (2,879)#3 (3,373)#3 (395)#4 (153)#40 (143)#28 (692)#6 (392)#9 (282)
2016#127 (2,521)#4 (3,476)#4 (391)#12 (124)#53 (113)#32 (664)#9 (360)#6 (323)
2015#142 (2,272)#4 (3,474)#4 (419)#15 (121)#73 (94)#36 (627)#14 (323)#16 (216)
2014#151 (2,135)#3 (4,012)#4 (435)#14 (123)#84 (81)#39 (593)#13 (341)#20 (195)
2013#167 (1,912)#5 (3,526)#4 (409)#27 (93)#101 (65)#35 (587)#19 (295)#17 (225)
2012#230 (1,385)#8 (3,501)#6 (413)#31 (76)#129 (47)#54 (444)#21 (239)#17 (209)
2011#268 (1,208)#15 (2,849)#7 (366)#48 (55)#189 (31)#68 (390)#22 (229)#23 (153)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #28.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1886.

How common is it?

about 1 in 270 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 270common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 130very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 71very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 75very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 100very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 200common

Next year

On its recent trend, Isla is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 270 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 250 to 1 in 300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Isla by state, 2025Alaska: #18AKMaine: #16MEWisconsin: #16WIVermont: #11VTNew Hampshire: #9NHWashington: #15WAIdaho: #18IDMontana: #9MTNorth Dakota: #11NDMinnesota: #14MNIllinois: #27ILMichigan: #15MINew York: #50NYMassachusetts: #21MAOregon: #30ORNevada: #52NVWyoming: #45WYSouth Dakota: #18SDIowa: #27IAIndiana: #20INOhio: #19OHPennsylvania: #23PANew Jersey: #43NJConnecticut: #24CTRhode Island: #6RICalifornia: #34CAUtah: #22UTColorado: #19CONebraska: #51NEMissouri: #30MOKentucky: #45KYWest Virginia: #30WVVirginia: #22VAMaryland: #36MDDelaware: #11DEArizona: #25AZNew Mexico: #69NMKansas: #23KSArkansas: #65ARTennessee: #27TNNorth Carolina: #16NCSouth Carolina: #18SCDistrict of Columbia: #73DCOklahoma: #27OKLouisiana: #36LAMississippi: #80MSAlabama: #50ALGeorgia: #35GAHawaii: #1HITexas: #53TXFlorida: #19FL
Isla (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#10357
Quebec2025#29618

Isla (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IslaCanadaGirls#14739
IslaEngland & WalesGirls#41,959
Isla-England & WalesGirls—too few
IslaIrelandGirls#13203
IslaNorthern IrelandGirls#497
IslaNSWGirls#4317
IslaScotlandGirls#2253
IslaUSGirls#286,012
IslaUSBoys#9,7147
IslaVICGirls#5309