Isla — #35 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Isla

The Social Security Administration has registered 52,217 babies named Isla between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Isla currently holds the #35 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 5,540 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Isla performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 26,151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Isla shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,331 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Isla in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Isla 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 52,217 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.