Iceland

Gender: Girl
Say it: ICE-land
Origin: Old Norse
US rank, 2025: #7,883 for girls

Iceland is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “land of ice”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).

What does Iceland mean?

Old Norse: the country, from Old Norse Island

“land of ice”

Is Iceland a girl's or a boy's name?

Iceland is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Iceland in the US?

Rank in 2025: #7,883among girls
Babies in 2025: 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
Five-year trend: Rising fastup 280% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Iceland, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.

Half of all the girls named Iceland in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

2009Busiest: 24 in 20242025

Iceland in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	13	#7,883
2024	24	#5,297
2023	20	#5,955
2022	10	#9,674
2021	6	#13,459
2020	8	#11,085
2019	7	#12,442
2018	0	–
2017	0	–
2016	0	–
2015	0	–
2014	0	–
2013	0	–
2012	0	–
2011	0	–
2010	5	#16,985
2009	5	#17,288

Names like Iceland

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Nora Lucy Josie Millie Cora Mabel Ada Sadie Emma Stella Daisy Mina

More Old Norse names

Freya Ronnie Ralph Eric Astrid Colby Rafe Odin Ralphie Erik Freyja Erick Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica

Every Old Norse name

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Iceland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iceland, updated 20 October 2026.