# Islam (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/islam/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “submission”, “surrender” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɪs.lɑːm/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Islaam, Eslam |
| US babies named this | 817 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 689 / 128 (16% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 206, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama). First attested in 1610.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 7 | 10,612 |
| 1991 | 8 | 9,656 |
| 1993 | 9 | 9,002 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10,954 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,345 |
| 1997 | 9 | 9,316 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9,578 |
| 1999 | 13 | 7,417 |
| 2000 | 8 | 11,130 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,557 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,273 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,556 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,178 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,985 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,837 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 5,519 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,766 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,864 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,837 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,105 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,154 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,283 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,317 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,859 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4,602 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,839 |
| 2022 | 18 | 5,292 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,328 |
| 2024 | 33 | 3,484 |
| 2025 | 25 | 4,181 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12 | 1,801 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: الْإِسْلَام
- Armenian: իսլամ
- Bulgarian: исля́м, мохамеда́нство
- Catalan: islam, islamisme
- Chinese: 伊斯蘭教 /伊斯兰教, 回教, 清真教
- Czech: islám
- Danish: islam
- Dutch: islam
- Esperanto: islamo
- Estonian: islam
- Finnish: islam
- French: Islam
- Georgian: ისლამი
- German: Islam
- Greek: Ισλάμ
- Hebrew: אִסְלָאם
- Hindi: इस्लाम, इसलाम
- Hungarian: iszlám
- Icelandic: íslam
- Indonesian: Islam

## People named Islam

- Islam Karimov, 1st President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1938–2016)
- Islam Slimani, Algerian association football player
- Islam Bibi, Afghan human rights activist
- Islam Dudaev, Albanian wrestler
- Islam Abbasov, Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler
- Islam El Shehaby, Egyptian judoka
- İslam Abdullayev, Azerbaijani musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.