Isla-May

Isla-May was the #1,229 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (26 babies).

Isla-May as a girl’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Isla-May as a girl’s name, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1974–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.519801990200020102020England & Wales
Isla-May as a girl’s name, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1974–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.5198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & WalesScotland
2025#1,229 (26)—
2024#1,406 (23)—
2023#1,371 (23)—
2022#1,556 (19)#470 (6)
2021#1,569 (19)—
2020#1,013 (33)—
2019#1,316 (24)—
2018#1,887 (15)—
2017#1,296 (26)—
2016#1,278 (26)—
2015#1,711 (17)—
2014#1,456 (21)—
2013#1,774 (16)—
2012#2,338 (11)—
2011#2,893 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2020 at #1,013.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 2007.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,700 baby girls in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Next year

On its recent trend, Isla-May is likely to keep rising in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 8,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,900 to 1 in 9,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.