Isla vs Nora

Isla is the more popular girl name in Canada, #13 to #17 in 2023. Nora is the more popular girl name in the United States, #22 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.

IslaNora#1#100#250#500Canada#13 → #17 ↓4United States#35 → #22 ↑13Alberta#7 → #16 ↓9British Columbia#4 → #14 ↓10Ontario#10 → #14 ↓4Quebec#424 → #49 ↑375
PlaceYear Isla Nora Ahead
Canada2023#13#17Isla
United States2024#35#22Nora
Alberta2024#7#16Isla
British Columbia2024#4#14Isla
Ontario2024#10#14Isla
Quebec2024#424#49Nora

Isla and Nora in Canada, 2020–2023

Isla slipped from #11 in 2020 to #13 in 2023 in Canada. Nora climbed from #29 in 2020 to #17 in 2023 in Canada.

#1#50#13 Isla#17 Nora2020202120222023

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Isla and Nora in the United States, 2020–2024

Isla climbed from #44 in 2020 to #35 in 2024 in the United States. Nora climbed from #30 in 2020 to #22 in 2024 in the United States.

#1#50#22 Nora#35 Isla20202021202220232024

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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.