I believe [name]Isla[/name] will only rise in popularity…
I’m sorry to say it, but I would not be surprised at all if she was in the top 300 next year…
The [name]Isla[/name] graph on Nameberry is VERY wrong… Fact is, [name]Isla[/name] hasn’t been on the list at all since the early 1900’s except in 2008 when she jumped from being off the list to being number 622 on the list. That’s quite a jump for a newcomer!!! That’s actually extraordinary! I don’t know of any names that have made that sort of a jump, and sure, she’s not even in the top 500 yet, but she will be by next year…
Of course there are pronunciation issues, but she’s not that far off from [name]Ella[/name], another popular choice and there’s the fact that she looks like, and is pronounced like the first part of the word ‘island’ so it’s not too hard for people to get it right…
She’s also similar sounding to other names in the top 50, [name]Anna[/name], [name]Emma[/name], [name]Mia[/name], [name]Kayla[/name], [name]Riley[/name], [name]Leah[/name] and the names that contain a ‘version’ of [name]Isla[/name]: [name]Taylor[/name] and [name]Kayla[/name] most notably…
Also, the fact that [name]Isabella[/name] is so popular, people will look for alternatives starting with Is- and they’ll find [name]Isla[/name] even if she’s not the kind of name they were looking for (like [name]Isolde[/name])…
And it may seem like nothing, but [name]Isla[/name] ends with an A. Half the names in the top 10 end with an A.
There’s also [name]Isla[/name] [name]Fisher[/name]'s career becoming more noticed…
[name]Truth[/name] is, [name]Isla[/name] has everything going for her, she’s the perfect name and would fit right in with today’s trendy names, I see NO reason why she shouldn’t reach the top 300 by next year, and it saddens me…
I just know that if popularity bothers you, [name]Isla[/name] is probably not the best choice. She will undoubtedly become more popular before you know it!