Israa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- is-RAH
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Israa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night journey”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Israa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Isra
“night journey”
Al-Isra is the Prophet Muhammad's miraculous night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem, and the name of the 17th surah.
Is Israa a girl's or a boy's name?
Israa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Israa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,512among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Israa, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,312th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 32 girls.
Half of all the girls named Israa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 177 girls in the UK were given Israa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #286, up from #1,512 for this spelling alone.
- Isra 156
- Israa 21
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Israa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,151 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,138 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,312 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,186 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Israa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Israa, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Israa in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 172 girls in the US were given Israa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,171, up from #5,098 for this spelling alone.
- Isra 147
- Israa 25
Israa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
Names like Israa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Hafsa Safaa Hiba Ayah Aaliyah Rahma Huda Amira Khadija Safiya
Other spellings of Israa
Names related to Israa
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Israa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/israa, updated 20 October 2026.