girls:
506 births since 1977
#5210 (9th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2016
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
511 births since 1977
#7228 (7th percentile)
The name Islah is the #7,228 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 511 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 6.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,210 (8.8% percentile) for all time with 506 births since 1977. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2016.
Islah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 2016 for boys). Birth data for Islah is available in 11 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (11 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Islah has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Islah reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 6.9% percentile (ranked #875) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 40 births per million (ranked 6.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Islah ranks #895 for girls (5.5% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 82.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Islah reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #921) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2016.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Islah".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Islah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.9% confident that Islah is pronounced as IHZ-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is IH-sluh, at 31.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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