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Islam: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 25 in 2025. Its best rank was #2,900 in 1990.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2,900 in 1990; #4,181 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Islam in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,181 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1990, at #2,900.
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Islam: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 25 boys in 2025. Peak: #2,900 in 1990 · most boys in one year: 33 (2024).
In 2025, 25 US boys were named Islam, making it the 4,181st most common boys’ name of the year, down 697 places from #3,484 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 33 boys named Islam in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #2,900, reached in 1990. The most boys given the name in a single year was 33, in 2024. For comparison, it was #6,105 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Islam in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #7,155, reached in 1989. The most girls given the name in a single year was 13, in 1999. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Islam in 49 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1975 with 6 babies. In all, 817 US babies have been given the name, 16% of them girls and 84% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 248 babies named Islam.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 181 US boys were named Islam; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 33. In 2025 that was about 1 in 68,323 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 25 | #4,181 |
| 2024 | — | — | 33 | #3,484 |
| 2023 | — | — | 18 | #5,328 |
| 2022 | — | — | 18 | #5,292 |
| 2021 | — | — | 20 | #4,839 |
| 2020 | — | — | 21 | #4,602 |
| 2019 | — | — | 10 | #7,859 |
| 2018 | — | — | 11 | #7,317 |
| 2017 | — | — | 11 | #7,283 |
| 2016 | — | — | 14 | #6,154 |
| 2015 | — | — | 14 | #6,105 |
| 2014 | — | — | 15 | #5,837 |
| 2013 | — | — | 19 | #4,864 |
| 2012 | — | — | 20 | #4,766 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,837 | 16 | #5,519 |
| 2010 | — | — | 16 | #5,579 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,985 | 18 | #5,176 |
| 2008 | 6 | #16,178 | 15 | #5,885 |
| 2007 | — | — | 8 | #9,213 |
| 2006 | — | — | 15 | #5,626 |
| 2005 | — | — | 10 | #7,330 |
| 2004 | — | — | 9 | #7,779 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,556 | 10 | #6,919 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,273 | 10 | #6,727 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,557 | 21 | #3,895 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,130 | 19 | #4,116 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,417 | 23 | #3,424 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,578 | 17 | #4,084 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,316 | 23 | #3,204 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,345 | 17 | #3,899 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,954 | 18 | #3,613 |
| 1994 | — | — | 16 | #3,990 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,002 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1992 | — | — | 16 | #3,822 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,656 | 11 | #4,901 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,612 | 22 | #2,900 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,155 | 7 | #6,498 |
| 1988 | — | — | 8 | #5,411 |
| 1987 | — | — | 10 | #4,381 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,993 | 10 | #4,261 |
| 1985 | — | — | 7 | #5,391 |
| 1982 | — | — | 7 | #5,262 |
| 1981 | — | — | 8 | #4,701 |
| 1980 | — | — | 5 | #6,650 |
| 1979 | — | — | 6 | #5,645 |
| 1978 | — | — | 5 | #6,193 |
| 1977 | — | — | 7 | #4,806 |
| 1976 | — | — | 6 | #5,209 |
| 1975 | — | — | 6 | #5,063 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).