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01 / Meaning & origin
Islay is a unisex given name documented in Scots.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2025: 24 girls (rank 5238).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1974–2025 Spelling: Islay
Recorded category girls
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Source: National Records of Scotland · National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
No rounding stated; counts are integers (valueStatus=observed).
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | 4 | 464 | 121 | observed |
| 1980 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | 3 | 537 | 89 | observed |
| 1982 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | 3 | 577 | 93 | observed |
| 1989 | 3 | 576 | 97 | observed |
| 1990 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | 4 | 545 | 136 | observed |
| 1996 | 3 | 611 | 104 | observed |
| 1997 | 4 | 557 | 138 | observed |
| 1998 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | 6 | 426 | 223 | observed |
| 2000 | 3 | 629 | 116 | observed |
| 2001 | 3 | 627 | 117 | observed |
| 2002 | 4 | 545 | 160 | observed |
| 2003 | 7 | 388 | 274 | observed |
| 2004 | 3 | 663 | 115 | observed |
| 2005 | 4 | 577 | 152 | observed |
| 2006 | 7 | 423 | 257 | observed |
| 2007 | 5 | 552 | 178 | observed |
| 2008 | 11 | 333 | 373 | observed |
| 2009 | 12 | 317 | 416 | observed |
| 2010 | 9 | 389 | 311 | observed |
| 2011 | 11 | 334 | 386 | observed |
| 2012 | 8 | 426 | 283 | observed |
| 2013 | 16 | 254 | 589 | observed |
| 2014 | 13 | 306 | 470 | observed |
| 2015 | 10 | 361 | 374 | observed |
| 2016 | 12 | 311 | 457 | observed |
| 2017 | 14 | 275 | 546 | observed |
| 2018 | 11 | 324 | 440 | observed |
| 2019 | 16 | 248 | 662 | observed |
| 2020 | 14 | 257 | 613 | observed |
| 2021 | 13 | 286 | 559 | observed |
| 2022 | 5 | 531 | 220 | observed |
| 2023 | 11 | 323 | 493 | observed |
| 2024 | 15 | 244 | 672 | observed |
| 2025 | 5 | 539 | 228 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Islay” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million use the matching published total for this region, recorded category and year; years without a compatible denominator remain gaps.
Released 2026-05-26 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · OGL-UK-3.0
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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