Islay

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Islay: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Islay: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #244, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#244highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1998	#2407
1999	#3900
2002	#3409
2003	#3594
2004	#1952
2005	#3382
2006	#2320
2007	#1965
2008	#2292
2009	#2148
2010	#1901
2011	#2150
2012	#1649
2013	#2176
2014	#1882
2015	#2195
2016	#2367
2017	#2925
2018	#2187
2019	#2869
2020	#2843
2021	#2711
2022	#2058
2023	#4709
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2024: #244 among girls in Scotland, #3015 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3174 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Islay by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Islay in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	65	8 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	122	10 of 10	12
2020s	42	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Islay appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #244 in Scotland in 2024.

Islay's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#244	15	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #244, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Davis · #243, 31y
Edda · #243, 30y
Edyta · #245, 31y
Kiran · #245, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Blaire · #244, 14y
Orin · #244, 29y
Rae · #244, 30y
Cailean · #243, 22y

Islay was ranked #244 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Islay and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Islay without appearing here.

Islay moved ahead of

Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Islay

Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2058 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #1959.
Marilyn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2058 and #2673 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2063.
Amalie Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2407 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #2770.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1882 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2195 and #1240.

Moved the opposite way to Islay

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Islay went from #1952 to #3015 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Islay went from #1901 to #3015 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.

Moved the same way as Islay

Kristin Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Islay went from #3174 to #4709 and Kristin from #1176 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Islay went from #3174 to #4709 and Therese from #3174 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Islay went from #3174 to #4709 and Tracey from #1450 to #5687.
Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Islay went from #2407 to #4709 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #244 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Islay

Islay at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Islay by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Islay at a glance

Islay by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Islay moved ahead of

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