Islay Girl
How popular is Islay?
#5,237 girl name in 2025
24 baby girls were named Islay in the US in 2025, making it the 5237th most popular girl name.
Islay popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,237 for girls (▼ 766 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 24 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+85% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #8,443 in 2015, #4,167 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (51 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,157 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1999 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Islay 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 Islay is most popular
Babies named Islay per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (14 girls)
Islay by decade
Girl names about as popular as Islay
Questions
- Is Islay a boy or girl name?
- Islay is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Islay were girls.
- How popular is the name Islay?
- 24 baby girls were named Islay in the US in 2025, making it the 5237th most popular girl name.
- When was Islay most popular?
- Islay peaked in 2021, when 51 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,157 in 2021.
- How many people are named Islay?
- 378 babies have been named Islay in the US since 1880. We estimate about 376 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Islay most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Islay was most common in Washington, at 0.0 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.