girls:
1k births since 1990
#4667 (18th percentile)
boys:
269 births since 1993
#4317 (6th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1990
#6425 (17th percentile)
The name Isley is the #6,425 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,318 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 17.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,667 (18.3% percentile) for all time with 1,049 births since 1990. For boys, it ranks #4,317 (5.8% percentile) for all time with 269 births since 1993.
Isley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Isley is available in 31 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023 (31 years for girls and 26 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 Isley has been given predominantly to girls, with 79.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 82.9% of babies named Isley were girls.
For girls, Isley reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 9.2% percentile (ranked #869) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 48 births per million (ranked 9.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Isley ranks #889 for girls (6.1% percentile) with 36 births per million, which is 75.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Isley reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #905) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Isley ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 68.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Isley".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Isley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.0% confident that Isley is pronounced as AIZ-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is IHZ-lee, at 27.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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