Isley
#2,761 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Isley has been given to 1,475 babies in the U.S. since 1990. In 2025 it ranked #2,761 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 93 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% girls, 20% boys all-time.
Babies named Isley, 2025
1 in 53,500
Isley over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Isley over time
In 2025, Isley went to 82% girls and 18% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Isley?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 53,500
- 62 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 25,900
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #2,761
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 37,064 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Isley sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 37,064 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Isley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Isleys were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Isley was born before 2016 — so the typical Isley is around 9 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 49.4% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 94.6%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,181
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 49.4% of all recorded uses (584).
Is Isley rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −191
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −66
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −164
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.90×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 66.7%
- Peak was 2016 (93)
- Years since peak
- 9
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 27.2% average annual change
Spellings of Isley
Isley is not the most common spelling — Ashley is, with 55.3% against Isley's 0.08%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Isley is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Isley was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 16,667 girls, against 1 in 42,033 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1North Carolina1 in 16,667
- 2California1 in 33,333
- 3Michigan1 in 33,333
- 4Indiana1 in 50,000
- 5Ohio1 in 50,000
- 6Texas1 in 50,000
- 7Florida1 in 100,000
- 8Georgia1 in 100,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Isley is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Isley was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,069,616 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Isley has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Isley around the world
Where Isley ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- France2002–2002#4,484in 2002
- Canada2012–2024#2,463in 2024
Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Isley by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Isley
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Isley
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.