Unisex name · since 2009
Iceland
98 babies named Iceland in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,310 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,247 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 98
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Iceland is the #8247 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 98 recorded since 2009.
Social Security Administration records show Iceland recorded 98 times among girls since 2009, holding rank #8247 nationally today, ahead of 52% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #27,310 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,247 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 98 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iceland ranks #27,310 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,247 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 98 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,310 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,247 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 98
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Iceland's 98 recorded births place it above 62.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Iceland compares
98 25th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Iceland's all-time total is 74% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Iceland | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 98 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Iceland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Iceland splits its recorded history at 2021: 74% of all births land in the more recent half, 26% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Iceland popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Iceland popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 2023 (Iceland as boys' name)
Iceland by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (81 births, 83% of the file).
2020s was Iceland's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Iceland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 81 births (83% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Iceland: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Iceland draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.