girls:
323 births since 1999
#5393 (6th percentile)
overall:
323 births since 1999
#7416 (4th percentile)
The name Islay is the #7,416 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 323 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 4.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,393 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 323 births since 1999.
Islay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 (first recorded for girls in 1999). Birth data for Islay is available in 19 out of the 25 years between 1999 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Islay reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #890) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 28 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Islay ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 44.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Islay".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Islay. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.2% confident that Islay is pronounced as AI-lay, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AI-luh, at 11.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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