Icela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Icela

The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Icela between 1970 and 2023, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Icela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Icela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Icela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Icela in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Icela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 166 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.