Baby name

Isla

Girl

Origin of the name

Isla comes from the Scottish island of Islay and the river Isla.

Rising name

2025 was its best year: 6,012 births, or 1 baby in 551. The momentum is recent: births are up 110% over the last five years, compared with the decade before. In 2025, it ranked No. 28. 55% of all babies named Isla since 1880 were born in the 2020s.

58,252births since 1880

2020sgeneration

No. 28rank at its peak, in 2025

Where babies named Isla are born

2025

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The darker the blue, the more common Isla is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Isla is most common in Alaska (2.7 times), Hawaii (2.4) and New Hampshire (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Ila 25,060
Iola 9,659
Isela 5,925
Isha 5,151
Iyla 4,045
Isa 3,433

Names from the same era

Lucia · Eden · Valentina · Celeste · Lyla · Eloise

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