Islay
Girl · EYE-la · Scottish
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Islay is a girls' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Islay mean?
Scottish: from the Hebridean island
Islay, pronounced like Isla, is a Hebridean island known for its peaty malt whiskies.
- Say it
- EYE-la
Is Islay a girl's or a boy's name?
Islay is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Islay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Islay, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,480th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 28 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Islay than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Islay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,427 girls in the UK were given Islay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #5, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Islay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,480 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,541 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,498 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,527 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | 28 | #1,296 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,443 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Islay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Islay, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Islay in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,752 girls in the US were given Islay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #27, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.
Islay in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 51 | #3,170 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Islay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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