Evelyn or Isla

Isla is the more popular girl name in Canada, #13 to #15 in 2024. Isla is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #4 to #12 in 2025. Evelyn is the more popular girl name in the USA, #8 to #35 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Evelyn against Isla, in that place's most recent complete year.EvelynIsla#1#100#250#500Canada#15 → #13 ↑2England and Wales#12 → #4 ↑8USA#8 → #35 ↓27Alberta#11 → #7 ↑4British Columbia#10 → #4 ↑6Ontario#12 → #10 ↑2Quebec#180 → #424 ↓244
PlaceYear Evelyn Isla Ahead
Canada2024#15#13Isla
England and Wales2025#12#4Isla
USA2024#8#35Evelyn
Alberta2024#11#7Isla
British Columbia2024#10#4Isla
Ontario2024#12#10Isla
Quebec2024#180#424Evelyn

Evelyn and Isla in Canada, 2020–2024

Evelyn climbed from #16 in 2020 to #15 in 2024 in Canada. Isla slipped from #11 in 2020 to #13 in 2024 in Canada.

Evelyn and Isla ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#13 Isla#15 Evelyn20202021202220232024

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Evelyn and Isla in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Evelyn climbed from #21 in 2020 to #12 in 2025 in England and Wales. Isla slipped from #3 in 2020 to #4 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Evelyn and Isla ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#4 Isla#12 Evelyn202020212022202320242025

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Evelyn and Isla in the USA, 2020–2024

Evelyn climbed from #9 in 2020 to #8 in 2024 in the USA. Isla climbed from #44 in 2020 to #35 in 2024 in the USA.

Evelyn and Isla ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#8 Evelyn#35 Isla20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.