Isla or Matilda

Isla is the more popular girl name in Canada, #13 to #293 in 2024. Isla is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #4 to #19 in 2025. Isla is the more popular girl name in the USA, #35 to #410 in 2024.

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 Isla against Matilda, in that place's most recent complete year.IslaMatilda#1#250#500#750#1000Canada#13 → #293 ↓280England and Wales#4 → #19 ↓15USA#35 → #410 ↓375Alberta#7 → #323 ↓316British Columbia#4 → #199 ↓195Ontario#10 → #233 ↓223Quebec#424 → #752 ↓328
PlaceYear Isla Matilda Ahead
Canada2024#13#293Isla
England and Wales2025#4#19Isla
USA2024#35#410Isla
Alberta2024#7#323Isla
British Columbia2024#4#199Isla
Ontario2024#10#233Isla
Quebec2024#424#752Isla

Isla and Matilda in Canada, 2020–2024

Isla slipped from #11 in 2020 to #13 in 2024 in Canada. Matilda climbed from #348 in 2020 to #293 in 2024 in Canada.

Isla and Matilda ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#250#500#13 Isla#293 Matilda20202021202220232024

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Isla and Matilda in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Isla slipped from #3 in 2020 to #4 in 2025 in England and Wales. Matilda climbed from #29 in 2020 to #19 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Isla and Matilda ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#4 Isla#19 Matilda202020212022202320242025

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Isla and Matilda in the USA, 2020–2024

Isla climbed from #44 in 2020 to #35 in 2024 in the USA. Matilda climbed from #478 in 2020 to #410 in 2024 in the USA.

Isla and Matilda ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#250#500#35 Isla#410 Matilda20202021202220232024

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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.