Isma
Girl · IS-ma · Arabic
Isma is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “protection, purity”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Isma mean?
Arabic
“protection, purity”
In Islamic theology, isma is the protection from sin granted to the prophets.
- Say it
- IS-ma
Is Isma a girl's or a boy's name?
Isma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Isma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Isma, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 31 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Isma since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Isma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were given Isma or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,459, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Ismah 15
- Isma 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Isma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 2002 | 20 | #1,147 |
| 2001 | 21 | #1,070 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
Names like Isma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Isma
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