Gutted. Tell me I'm overreacting!

I agree with Mortified it is totally subjective.

Sophie, Jack and Olivia are popular however I only know 1 of each under 4.

Try not to over think it and just enjoy your daughter. Lovely name too.

Ooops. You're gong to feel surrounded by Islas now!

Someone on here did a good comparison recently:
it's like now that I've got a silver Fiat I'm seeing silver Fiats all the time.

(lets just hope she doesn't marry someone called Mann or White)

To be honest... Yes, its very popular - I know 3 under 2 and a 6 year old.

but... So?!?! I just don't get the not wanting a popular name thing.

plus, given the breadth of names that people use now compared to 30 years ago, i think you are very unlikely to have, say, 4 of anything in a class (like there were with, in my day, Rachels).

Yep quite popular round my way, I know of 5, all aged 1 and under. Still a lovely name though & realistically, would you have chosen a name for your dd that you didn't love, just because it was less popular??

I think it really does vary by region. I know of no Isla's around here (Birmingham) but 6 belonging to friends in various parts of the north. Ditto I know of no Ava's here and very few Evie's.

There's no denying Isla is very popular so as others say, you should have checked the lists if you wanted something unusual.

I know of 2 Islas born in the last year. It is currently quite popular, but it's a nice name. I have a popular name, it's never given me any issues (even when there were 3 of us in my class at school). Really don't worry about it, it's a lovely name.

Its totally subjective though. Someone on here once said if you were going to name a boy Jack, you might as well just name him Boy, it was that common. I know one. And I.know a fair few kids.

I know of no Islas, and even if I did would still think it is a lovely name.

I have a name that was given to nearly every other girl.born in the eighties - it has had no bearing on my life. It is just a name.

Honeydragon my name (or at least my spelling of it) was totally unheard of in the 1980s and is starting to crop up on these boards now. I am looking forward to being vair on-trend in a few years.

It is popular, - not as popular as some (i know 5 Evie's, all born in the last 3 years).

But does it really matter? I have an unusual name - only met one other person with my name in 35 years, but I can't honestly say that my life would have turned out differently if I had been called Michelle or Sophie (which were the v popular names when I was in school - there were 4 michelle's and 2 sophie's in my primary school class!)

A child's uniqueness lies in themselves, not their name.

I know two isla's. We also have three isla bikes

I have an Isla, it's a great name
I also have a 16yo Freya, which was an uncommon name when I had her, there's lots of them now.

I agree that its an alterantive kind of popular...like Willow or Lola. There are some but not loads like Olivia.

The stats show it's very popular. I've got the 2011 England & Wales spreadsheet open here and it's number 15.

BUT, then think about how many little girls that actually translates to. Apparently it was 2,849. Even if that number are called Isla every year for five years it's still less than 15,000. Not many, really, across a country of 60 million with however many hundreds of thousands of schools/nurseries/brownie groups etc it has.

Those 2,849 won't be evenly distributed either. Some people here don't know any Islas. Round where I lived last in London every 5/6+ year old seemed to be called Amelie/a or Olivia, and their baby sisters all seemed to be called Mia or Isla. In the area of London we've moved to I've not heard any of those names once.

But they're all lovely, lovely names.

You're completely over reacting. It's a popular name, I have 3 daughters with popular names, I couldn't give a shite if the whole school is populated by for example Olivias. It's my child's name and it always makes me smile when I hear it .

It's a lovely name. That's why so many people choose it.
There are 3 in Ds2s class.

There a few in the nursery that I know.

However it doesn't matter if it is popular. It's a name that you like.

Assuming you want honesty, yes it's really popular here I know severAl especially under 5's. but if you love it then it doesn't matter.

Its pretty

Its not common, but its kind of alt-popular. Ive known one or two over the years.

I don't know any Isla's. DD has a fairly popular name, I'm always getting told "ooh I know a

Sympathies OP, I'd feel the same. Unfortunately even if you had looked at the stats, there's nothing to stop a name rising in popularity from nowhere.
DD's name was outside the top 300 when she was born, but is gradually rising.

Yes you are overreacting.

We all worry about suitable names before DC are born and just after. But after a year your DD has made the name her own it doesn't matter how many others share it.

Meant to say, you are over reacting!

Yup its really, really popular. There are loads around me.

Does it really matter? You should have done your homework before choosing the name if you wanted something unusual!

You're over reacting. Isla is a top ten name as others have said, that should have given you a clue that you'd likely come across more of them in her lifetime! But it's also unpredictable - we chose a not even top 20 name for ds1, yet there are three of them in his class! Three!

YABU

If you were going to be that bothered about its popularity you should've checked the 100 top names for the last few years. Isla is at 10 in 2011 and 11 for 2012.

FWIW my DD's name is very popular but I love it so I don't care. Bizarrely, we've not met another one though and she's 4 and has attended 3 different nurseries so far!

Blimey are you expecting a unique name that no one else has got? Get over yourself!

Afraid to say that isla is incredibly popular! There's 2 in my ds class and a 12 year old called isla living next soor to us.

Sorry to burst your bubble!

Should have called her a "common" name like my son Alfie!!

Couldn't give a shit how common it is.
I love my son's name!