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Adah vs Isla-Grace

Adah and Isla-Gracecompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

  • Northern Ireland · Girls

    In 2023, Adah was ranked #391 and Isla-Grace #328 among girls in Northern Ireland.

  • England and Wales · Girls

    In 2024, Adah was ranked #3015 and Isla-Grace #1894 among girls in England and Wales.

Adah and Isla-Grace over time

Adah and Isla-Grace appear together in 1 published list, across 15 years of shared records. Isla-Grace held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Adah in 0.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Isla-Grace reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Adah in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

How this pair is related

The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.

  • Peaked in the same years

    Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Girls within 2 years — Adah #1449 in 2020, Isla-Grace #682 in 2019.

List by list

  • England and Wales · Girls15 shared years, 20082024

    Adah held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Isla-Grace in 14.

    Highest recorded here: Adah #1449 in 2020, Isla-Grace #682 in 2019.

    The order changed in 2011: Isla-Grace moved ahead. In 2010 they stood at #3860 and #4524; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #1903.

    Most recent shared year, 2024: Adah #3015, Isla-Grace #1894.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Adah, Isla-Grace
FieldAdahIsla-Grace
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables24
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, GB-NIR, IEGB-ENW, GB-NIR
Most recent popularity observationRepublic of Ireland · Girls #718 (2025)England and Wales · Girls #1894 (2024)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)95/10064/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/10060/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Adah has 2 syllables, compared with 4 for Isla-Grace.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, GB-NIR.

How each name got here

Adah

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded2004

    First recorded at #677 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

  2. Highest recorded2017–2023

    Highest recorded position: #355 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2017 (recorded 2017–2023).

    Northern Ireland · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

Isla-Grace

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded2007

    First recorded at #4294 among girls in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    England and Wales · Girls

  2. Most recent2024

    Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.

    England and Wales · Girls