Isla Girl
How popular is Isla?
#28 girl name in 2025
6,012 baby girls were named Isla in the US in 2025, making it the 28th most popular girl name. Another 7 boys got the name (#9,710 for boys).
Isla popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #28 for girls (▲ 7 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 6,012 girls, 7 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+165% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #142 in 2015, #44 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (6,012 girls) |
| Highest rank | #28 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1886 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Isla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Isla family of names ranked #37 for girls in 2025 (#45 the year before), with 6,217 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Isla | 6,012 | 97% |
| Isela | 100 | 2% |
| Islah | 55 | 1% |
| Islay | 24 | 0% |
| Isella | 12 | 0% |
| Izla | 8 | 0% |
| Izella | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Isla is most popular
Babies named Isla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 15.6 per 1,000 (179 girls)
- Vermont: 13.6 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- Alaska: 11.8 per 1,000 (102 girls)
- Rhode Island: 11.3 per 1,000 (141 girls)
- New Hampshire: 11.1 per 1,000 (205 girls)
Isla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #693 |
| 1890s | 74 | #872 |
| 1900s | 112 | #926 |
| 1910s | 244 | #1,176 |
| 1920s | 269 | #1,207 |
| 1930s | 182 | #1,507 |
| 1940s | 95 | #2,018 |
| 1950s | 33 | #3,660 |
| 1960s | 20 | #6,538 |
| 1970s | 26 | #5,957 |
| 1980s | 55 | #6,029 |
| 1990s | 144 | #4,363 |
| 2000s | 1,925 | #345 |
| 2010s | 22,864 | #57 |
| 2020s | 32,186 | #28 |
Girl names about as popular as Isla
Questions
- Is Isla a boy or girl name?
- Isla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Isla were girls.
- How popular is the name Isla?
- 6,012 baby girls were named Isla in the US in 2025, making it the 28th most popular girl name. Another 7 boys got the name (#9,710 for boys).
- When was Isla most popular?
- Isla peaked in 2025, when 6,012 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #28 in 2025.
- How many people are named Isla?
- 58,271 babies have been named Isla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 57,166 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Isla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Isla was most common in Hawaii, at 15.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.