UK girl's name
Isla-May
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Isla-May is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Isla-May popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1406, with 23 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2020, with 33 births.
This profile covers 296 England and Wales registrations across 17 recorded years from 2007 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, 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.
The latest count is about 70% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 301 living people in the UK are called Isla-May. 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 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Isla-May ranked #1406 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 23 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2020, when 33 girls were registered as Isla-May.
- • Isla-May ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #470 in 2022.
- • About 301 living people in the UK are estimated to have Isla-May as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1406
2024
Births in 2024
23
Latest year
Peak year
2020
33 births
Estimated living
301
2026
Popularity
Isla-May over time
The chart below shows babies named Isla-May registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2007 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Isla-May, the clearest high point is 2020. The latest England and Wales figure is 23 births in 2024, compared with 33 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Isla-May by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Isla-May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #1383 | 117 | 5 |
| 2010s | #1996 | 169 | 10 |
| 2000s | #4116 | 10 | 2 |
Geography
Where Isla-May is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Isla-May. 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.
Isla-May ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #470 in 2022.
Across the UK
Isla-May in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#470 in 2022
1 years of NRS records, 6 total registered
Related
Names similar to Isla-May
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- Isla 51,854
- Isabelle 46,163
- Imogen 33,758
- Ivy 23,306
- Isabel 20,895
- Isobel 19,706
- Iris 10,353
- India 8,371
- Iqra 4,452
- Indie 3,873
- Iona 3,682
FAQ
Isla-May: questions and answers
How popular is the name Isla-May in the UK right now?
In 2024, Isla-May was ranked #1406 for girls in England and Wales, with 23 births registered.
When was Isla-May most popular?
The peak year on record was 2020, with 33 babies registered as Isla-May in England and Wales.
How many people are called Isla-May in the UK?
A total of 296 babies have been registered as Isla-May across the 17 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 6 more in Scotland.
Where is Isla-May most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Isla-May ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #470 in 2022. 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.