Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: EnglishIsla is a feminine given name traditionally of primarily Scottish usage, derived from "Islay", which is the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is also the name of two Scottish rivers. The root word has no known origin.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Isla yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Scottish, means island. We spent our honeymoon on the Isle of Skye. We didn't plan to name our daughter after it — it sort of crept up on us over the months we were trying.
— Connor, Edinburgh (moved to Chicago IL), 2019
People mispronounce it constantly — EYE-lah, not IZ-lah. We correct them every time. It's become almost meditative.
— Fiona, Boston MA, 2021
Why did you choose this name — or what does it mean to you? Approved stories appear on this page.
→ See names similar to Isla · Compare Isla with another name → · Popular names of the 2020s · Girls names starting with I
Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1886 | 7 | #938 |
| 1887 | 11 | #713 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,374 |
| 1890 | 10 | #901 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,146 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,355 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,234 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,417 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,245 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,356 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,654 |
| 1898 | 12 | #1,028 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,490 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,078 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,179 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,262 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,685 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,310 |
| 1905 | 16 | #947 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,190 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,168 |
| 1908 | 18 | #955 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,531 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,240 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,495 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,386 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,198 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,245 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,594 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,220 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,250 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,312 |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,407 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,776 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,697 |
| 1922 | 41 | #1,216 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,367 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,898 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,719 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,600 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,977 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,614 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,575 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,681 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,714 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,679 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,493 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,811 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,527 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,162 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,833 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,046 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,898 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,350 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,449 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,503 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,248 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,133 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,445 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,406 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,790 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,826 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,268 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,765 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,948 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,997 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,162 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,897 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,834 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,841 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,103 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,775 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,993 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,642 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,872 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,187 |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,585 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,271 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,689 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,096 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,749 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,195 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,816 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,007 |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,112 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,786 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,878 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,570 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,416 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,752 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,550 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,890 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,321 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,684 |
| 2004 | 35 | #4,037 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,979 |
| 2006 | 92 | #2,115 |
| 2007 | 178 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 493 | #624 |
| 2009 | 945 | #345 |
| 2010 | 1,099 | #297 |
| 2011 | 1,208 | #268 |
| 2012 | 1,385 | #230 |
| 2013 | 1,912 | #167 |
| 2014 | 2,135 | #151 |
| 2015 | 2,272 | #142 |
| 2016 | 2,521 | #127 |
| 2017 | 2,879 | #103 |
| 2018 | 3,410 | #82 |
| 2019 | 4,043 | #57 |
| 2020 | 4,579 | #44 |
| 2021 | 5,540 | #34 |
| 2022 | 5,284 | #36 |
| 2023 | 5,381 | #33 |
| 2024 | 5,367 | #35 |
