Recorded 1998–2025 · United States
Island was most popular in 2024, when 90 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,834 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,970, with 84 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 807 people named Island.
Island first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1998, which makes it about 27 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 27 of the 28 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 807 American births named Island between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 801 are estimated to be alive today.
84 American babies were named Island in 2025, ranking #3,970 that year.
Island is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 76 births a year, against 15 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +400% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Island is mostly a girl’s name — 86.5% of the 807 Americans given it were girls and 13.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 83% girls and 17% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 801 Americans named Island are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 6 years old, and half are between 3 and 11. That is a narrow band because Island is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org