Girls' name · peaked in 2025
Isla name popularity since 1925
57,672 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Isla. Half of them were born in 2020 or earlier, so the typical Isla is about 6 years old in 2026. Isla peaked in 2025 as the #28 name for girls, and it ranked #28 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 57,672
- Named Isla, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #28
- for girls in 2025 (6,012 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 57,653 girls · 19 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.17× its national share
Peak year is the year Isla made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Isla births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Isla both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2007 and 2012, Isla became 8.5× more common, from 1 in 10,800 baby girls to 1 in 1,270.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Isla's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Isla.
Decade by decade
Babies named Isla in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 123 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 182 | 0 | #1,811 |
| 1940s | 95 | 0 | #3,503 |
| 1950s | 33 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 20 | 0 | #6,898 |
| 1970s | 26 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 55 | 0 | #6,187 |
| 1990s | 144 | 0 | #5,786 |
| 2000s | 1,925 | 0 | #2,979 |
| 2010s | 22,864 | 0 | #142 |
| 2020–25 | 32,186 | 19 | #28 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
89.1% of babies named Isla from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Isla is most popular
The index compares Isla's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Isla.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.17× | 1,060 |
| New Hampshire | 2.08× | 374 |
| Hawaii | 1.93× | 346 |
| Colorado | 1.91× | 1,346 |
| Nevada | 1.90× | 389 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Isla's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Isla.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Isla (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data