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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Isla” in the USA?

Number of people named “Isla” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Isla” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Isla” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Isla” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Isla” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Isla” by birth year

This chart shows how “Isla” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 11 0.000044464 11 100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1898 12 0.000031458 12 100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 100%
1905 16 0.000037743 16 100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 100%
1908 18 0.000036836 18 100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 100%
1910 14 0.0000237 14 100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 100%
1913 22 0.000019347 22 100%
1914 25 0.000017651 25 100%
1915 22 0.000012006 22 100%
1916 35 0.000018093 35 100%
1917 34 0.000016943 34 100%
1918 34 0.00001566 34 100%
1919 31 0.00001469 31 100%
1920 23 0.000010165 23 100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 100%
1922 41 0.000017911 41 100%
1923 34 0.000014767 34 100%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 100%
1925 25 0.000010714 25 100%
1926 27 0.00001176 27 100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 100%
1928 26 0.0000115 26 100%
1929 25 0.000011404 25 100%
1930 23 0.000010345 23 100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 100%
1932 21 0.000009947 21 100%
1933 21 0.000010503 21 100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 100%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 100%
1936 24 0.000011552 24 100%
1937 15 0.00000704 15 100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1941 17 0.000006977 17 100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 100%
1943 9 0.000003189 9 100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 100%
1995 16 0.000004369 16 100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 100%
1997 23 0.000006344 23 100%
1998 25 0.000006797 25 100%
1999 18 0.000004873 18 100%
2000 37 0.000009789 37 100%
2001 24 0.000006411 24 100%
2002 29 0.000007758 29 100%
2003 38 0.000009994 38 100%
2004 35 0.00000916 35 100%
2005 54 0.000014045 54 100%
2006 92 0.000023255 92 100%
2007 178 0.000044526 178 100%
2008 493 0.000125424 493 100%
2009 945 0.000247371 945 100%
2010 1099 0.000297369 1099 100%
2011 1208 0.000330254 1208 100%
2012 1385 0.000378688 1385 100%
2013 1912 0.000524458 1912 100%
2014 2135 0.000576034 2135 100%
2015 2272 0.000613903 2272 100%
2016 2521 0.000687165 2521 100%
2017 2879 0.000805046 2879 100%
2018 3410 0.00096988 3410 100%
2019 4043 0.001164816 4043 100%
2020 4585 0.001372517 4579 6 100%
2021 5540 0.001635208 5540 100%
2022 5284 0.001561865 5284 100%
2023 5387 0.001626905 5381 6 100%
2024 5367 0.001612438 5367 100%

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