Isla or Willow

Isla is the more popular girl name in Canada, #13 to #67 in 2024. Isla is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #4 to #20 in 2025. Isla is the more popular girl name in the USA, #35 to #41 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 Willow, in that place's most recent complete year.IslaWillow#1#100#250#500Canada#13 → #67 ↓54England and Wales#4 → #20 ↓16USA#35 → #41 ↓6Alberta#7 → #45 ↓38British Columbia#4 → #43 ↓39Ontario#10 → #53 ↓43Quebec#424 → #237 ↑187
PlaceYear Isla Willow Ahead
Canada2024#13#67Isla
England and Wales2025#4#20Isla
USA2024#35#41Isla
Alberta2024#7#45Isla
British Columbia2024#4#43Isla
Ontario2024#10#53Isla
Quebec2024#424#237Willow

Isla and Willow in Canada, 2020–2024

Isla slipped from #11 in 2020 to #13 in 2024 in Canada. Willow slipped from #65 in 2020 to #67 in 2024 in Canada.

Isla and Willow ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#100#13 Isla#67 Willow20202021202220232024

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Isla and Willow in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Isla slipped from #3 in 2020 to #4 in 2025 in England and Wales. Willow slipped from #13 in 2020 to #20 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Isla and Willow ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#4 Isla#20 Willow202020212022202320242025

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Isla and Willow in the USA, 2020–2024

Isla climbed from #44 in 2020 to #35 in 2024 in the USA. Willow climbed from #48 in 2020 to #41 in 2024 in the USA.

Isla and Willow ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#35 Isla#41 Willow20202021202220232024

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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.