Islam is a rare name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1999 and remains in steady use.
Islam is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,181 for boy births in the United States (and #8,928 across all names), given to 25 babies. Islam first appears in 1975 and peaked in 2024 (33 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,181 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,484 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,328 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,292 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,839 |
| 2020 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,602 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,859 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,317 |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,283 |
| 2016 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,154 |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,105 |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,837 |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,864 |
| 2012 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,766 |
| 2011 | 21 | 21 | #17,837 | #5,519 |
| 2010 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,579 |
| 2009 | 24 | 24 | #15,985 | #5,176 |
| 2008 | 21 | 21 | #16,178 | #5,885 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,213 |
| 2006 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,626 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,330 |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,779 |
| 2003 | 16 | 16 | #14,556 | #6,919 |
| 2002 | 16 | 16 | #14,273 | #6,727 |
| 2001 | 28 | 28 | #12,557 | #3,895 |
| 2000 | 27 | 27 | #11,130 | #4,116 |
| 1999 | 36 | 36 | #7,417 | #3,424 |
| 1998 | 26 | 26 | #9,578 | #4,084 |
| 1997 | 32 | — | #9,316 | #3,204 |
| 1996 | 22 | — | #14,345 | #3,899 |
| 1995 | 25 | — | #10,954 | #3,613 |
| 1994 | 16 | — | — | #3,990 |
| 1993 | 27 | — | #9,002 | #3,558 |
| 1992 | 16 | — | — | #3,822 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | #9,656 | #4,901 |
| 1990 | 29 | — | #10,612 | #2,900 |
| 1989 | 18 | — | #7,155 | #6,498 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | — | #5,411 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | — | #4,381 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | #9,993 | #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 |