UK boy's name
Iarla
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2015. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Iarla is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Iarla popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2015 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4747, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2015, with 3 births.
This profile covers 3 England and Wales registrations across 1 recorded years from 2015 to 2015. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
Iarla is at its recorded peak in the England and Wales series.
We estimate that about 38 living people in the UK are called Iarla. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2016 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Iarla ranked #4747 for boys in England and Wales in 2015, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2015, when 3 boys were registered as Iarla.
- • Iarla ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #239 in 2024.
- • About 38 living people in the UK are estimated to have Iarla as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4747
2015
Births in 2015
3
Latest year
Peak year
2015
3 births
Estimated living
38
2026
Decades
Iarla by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Iarla was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #4747 | 3 | 1 |
Geography
Where Iarla is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Iarla. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Iarla ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #239 in 2024.
Across the UK
Iarla in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#239 in 2024
8 years of NISRA records, 35 total registered
Related
Names similar to Iarla
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- Ismail 4,679
- Isaiah 4,629
- Idris 3,810
- Ivan 3,146
- Isa 2,943
- Ian 2,805
- Ilyas 2,552
- Ieuan 2,515
- Ibraheem 2,384
- Ioan 2,295
FAQ
Iarla: questions and answers
How popular is the name Iarla in the UK right now?
In 2015, Iarla was ranked #4747 for boys in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Iarla most popular?
The peak year on record was 2015, with 3 babies registered as Iarla in England and Wales.
How many people are called Iarla in the UK?
A total of 3 babies have been registered as Iarla across the 1 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 35 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Iarla most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Iarla ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #239 in 2024. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.