Answer: Finland

Updated Thu Jun 01 2023

Isla is gathering momentum in the USA, currently ranking at Number 36.

It took off earlier in Canada, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand... and also Finland, where it sits at Number 6 on a chart that is a fascinating mixture of familiar and completely unknown names.

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Clare Green has been writing for Nameberry since 2015, covering everything from names peaking right now to feminist baby names, and keeping up-to-date with international baby name rankings. Her work has featured in publications such as The Independent and HuffPost. Clare has a background in linguistics and librarianship, and recently completed an MA dissertation researching names in multilingual families. She lives in England with her husband and son. You can reach her at clare@nameberry.com

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