Would the popularity of Isla put you off?

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If you love it use it. Similar name is Iona

It would put me off. I'm in Scotland and even in a tiny village school there are 2 in both my Ds and my Dd's classes.

I'd go for Iona instead.

No. I only know one aged 16. Always thought it was lovely.

Wouldn't put me off at all. It's a beautiful name and the only reason oh and I dismissed it was because it didn't match our last names.

Kitty I think we have the same name However I didn't realise this until I moved back to the UK as an adult, it was no where near as popular in the States but here everyone has about 6 in their phone books!
OP I love Isla and it was very close to the top of our list when we had DC1 who turned out to be a DS. I was really disappointed that it became popular just as we had DD, but that wasn't the reason for not choosing it. It's a lovely name.

We tweaked it and named our daughter Ayla 😁

It would put me off because it became popular really quickly and will probably be back down the charts again in a few years' time. I think it's the kind of name that will be tied to one generation. But if you really like the name don't let it put you off!

It would definitely put me off- I'm due DC1 next week and I had a check yesterday to see if the name we picked for her has unexpectedly shot up the rankings, and if it had I'd be having a serious rethink.

I was one of five of my name in my year at school, plus it's very "of its time"- I can see the same thing happening with Emily, Isla, Olivia etc.

I would avoid as have a popular name myself and would rather not

It would definitely put me off. There's a real risk that by using one of the super popular names you end up diminishing your child's identity. Recent example I encountered - there are 4 boys called Harry in my DD's pre-school class, out of 20 children. I was talking to the nursery manager about who was moving class room and she replied "Evie, your DD, Carys and a couple of the Harrys"! Can you imagine, at only 3 being no more identifiable than that!

In my DD's year at school (about 100 girls) there are 2 girls with names that were in the top 10 in the year she was born (different names). There are 4 girls in the year with the same name which was not in the top 100. 3 other names are repeated (2 girls each), only 1 of which i would describe as vaguely popular (Elizabeth), and they are known as Lizzie and Beth.

Sometimes its luck!

It's a lovely name but I wouldn't name my child anything in the top 10. I'd probably try and avoid the top 100 but I do like unusual names.

There are SO many lovely names outside the top 100 or even outside the top 250. My ds name was used 27 times last year and its a classic easy to spell name, just not 'trendy'.

nope - we chose Amelia knowing it was the most popular name in the country for 2015 - but to put it in context - there was 697,852 live births in England and Wales in 2015 and 5158 of them were called Amelia, not that popular really! I think it does help that DPs name is very distinct and has to be spelled out constantly so we did want a popular name that wouldn't be an issue. Isla was our number 2 choice :)

"DPs name is very distinct and has to be spelled out constantly so we did want a popular name"

But there is no correlation between popularity and ease of spelling. Very popular names need to be spelled eg Finley/Finlay, Kathryn /Catherine / Katharine etc.

And lots of classic names outside the top 100 are very easy to spell!

Yes. I'm not too bothered about by reasonably popular names, but in this case it's getting ridiculous - I know 2 babies called Isla born in the last month!

Ditto Noah.

No. my dd has a popular name but I Dh and I loved it anyway son that's what we called her. She's my 'X' and I don't care if there are more!

It wouldn't bother me, but then I've used top 10 names for my DS's.

I have noticed, at least in my DC's nurseries and schools, that there's a lot less duplication of names now than there was when I was a child.

E.g. The norm in the DCs school is more like 3 boys called Oliver (current most popular boys name) spread throughout the whole infant school, rather than the 3 or more per class you might have had when I was a child.

Yes, unfortunately, as it's a lovely name. I know 2 in my friends circle alone.

You can't move in Glasgow without tripping over an Isla.

It would put me off. I know two baby Isla's but also hear it shouted around the supermarket etc quite a lot as well.

I think it's a lovely name but I suspect, as someone else has said above, that it might not age all that well. Some names that become extremely popular go on to become very unpopular, e.g. Sharon, Tracey, Kevin. Bit different to popular names that are also 'classic' like Elizabeth etc. Although maybe it will become a classic name, who knows!

Personally yes. I counted out all top 10 names due to popularity

Yes

5 Islas in my child's year, 3 in the same class!

Yes it would for me, there are about a bazillion Islas at my school (teacher). See also Lila, Lyla, Leila, Maya, Mia, Mya, Amelia,.....