Girls' name · since 1977
Islah
596 babies named Islah in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,013 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 596
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Islah currently ranks #3013 among girls' names in America, with 596 babies recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Islah recorded 596 times among girls since 1977, holding rank #3013 nationally today, ahead of 83% 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 1977 to 2025.
- #10,609 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,013 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 596 born since 1977
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Islah ranks #10,609 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,013 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 596 born since 1977, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,013 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 596
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Islah's 596 recorded births place it above 85.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Islah compares
596 Top 42% higher than 58% of 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
Islah's all-time total is 59% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Islah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 596 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 70 | 21 | 19,840 |
Islah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Islah splits its recorded history at 2019: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 70 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Islah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 70
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Islah popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2016 (Islah as boys' name)
Islah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (340 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Islah's strongest decade.
340 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Islah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
250 births
- 2020s
2020s
340 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 340 births (57% of all-time use).
How Islah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Islah's total volume
Islah by state
Where Islah concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 76 | 12.8% |
| #2 | Florida | | 42 | 7.0% |
| #3 | California | | 20 | 3.4% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 11 | 1.8% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 5 | 0.8% |
76 of 596 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Islahs (76 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Islah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Islah 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.