Iyla
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Meaning
variant of Isla, from Islay, the Scottish island name
The story
Iyla is a variant of Isla, and Isla is the Scottish island name Islay worn as a feminine name, which, Behind the Name notes, spread from Scotland to become very popular across the English-speaking world in the 2010s and 2020s; the parent spelling also happens to coincide with the Spanish word for island. Iyla is the spelling with a y in the middle. Its own record: a stray handful in the 1920s, about 160 girls in the 2000s, about 1,200 in the 2010s, and about 2,700 so far this decade. An island off Scotland, a variant with a y where the parent keeps an s, and a record that, after one odd flicker a century ago, belongs almost entirely to the last twenty-five years.
How popular is Iyla around the world?
In the United States, 2,666 babies were named Iyla between 2020 and 2025. In Canada, 63 girls named Iyla were born in 2024, the 469th most common name among girls that year.
Iyla is on the official records of the United States, Canada, South Australia, England and Wales and Ireland.
United States
1 in 8,200
In the United States, 2,666 babies were named Iyla between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Iyla peaked in the 2020s. Iyla went to 113 US babies in 2015 and 572 in 2025, 5.1 times as many.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 5,800
In Canada, 63 girls named Iyla were born in 2024, the 469th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
South Australia
1 in 6,1002017
In South Australia, 3 girls were registered as Iyla in 2017.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
England and Wales
1 in 7,100
In England and Wales, 82 girls named Iyla were born in 2025, the 483rd most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Ireland
1 in 18,000
In Ireland, 3 girls named Iyla were born in 2025, the 885th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
New Zealand
last on record 2024
Iyla is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Scotland
last on record 2023
Iyla is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Iyla
Most people given the name Iyla in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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