Ila

#718 for girls in 2025, 390 births · Last seen for boys in 1936 at #3,549
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1903 · 160 births
Debut · girls
15 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
25,060
since 1880

Ila over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ila has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #237, 1903girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#718390—
2024#679421—
2023#622480—
2022#684428—
2021#757377—
2020#864311—
2019#1,029249—
2018#1,262183—
2017#1,098230—
2016#1,229199—
2015#1,183213—
2014#1,198203—
2013#1,539142—
2012#1,497150—
2011#1,655129—
2010#1,456155—
2009#1,756124—
2008#1,927109—
2007#2,23188—
2006#2,14990—
2005#2,37974—
2004#2,71160—
2003#2,80055—
2002#3,24143—
2001#2,63557—
2000#3,45338—
1999#3,31338—
1998#4,36625—
1997#3,89728—
1996#3,63230—
1995#5,67716—
1994#4,11525—
1993#5,67316—
1992#5,05119—
1991#5,00419—
1990#4,12024—
1989#5,28616—
1988#4,84017—
1987#3,03131—
1986#4,02820—
1985#4,63516—
1984#2,99229—
1983#3,68721—
1982#3,41824—
1981#3,53223—
1980#3,06928—
1979#2,67133—
1978#2,94227—
1977#2,71530—
1976#2,93225—
1975#2,45632—
1974#2,75726—
1973#2,91423—
1972#2,59827—
1971#2,24735—
1970#2,85624—
1969#1,95541—
1968#1,99936—
1967#1,61749—
1966#1,73642—
1965#1,91436—
1964#1,53255—
1963#1,62349—
1962#1,32370—
1961#1,30572—
1960#1,45457—
1959#1,25673—
1958#1,12089—
1957#1,07294—
1956#1,13383—
1955#1,08187—
1954#1,09381—
1953#782137—
1952#739144—
1951#846112—
1950#745133—
1949#779123—
1948#696143—
1947#622183—
1946#651147—
1945#593151—
1944#553172—
1943#545189—
1942#491229—
1941#475217—
1940#460212—
1939#429247—
1938#388299—
1937#361320—
1936#359310#3,5495
1935#360312—
1934#326367—
1933#320379—
1932#305427—
1931#308427—
1930#312451#4,0015
1929#301481—
1928#286524—
1927#290531—
1926#302487—
1925#261642#3,4087
1924#275577#3,8676
1923#282524#4,2395
1922#270576—
1921#265623—
1920#274561#3,8156
1919#271549#4,1685
1918#267564#3,3687
1917#276494#3,9815
1916#267513#2,7309
1915#278451—
1914#267376—
1913#281279—
1912#271274—
1911#250243—
1910#275199—
1909#252200—
1908#248196—
1907#271162—
1906#276146—
1905#250166—
1904#264143—
1903#237160—
1902#248154—
1901#244138—
1900#241177—
1899#269113—
1898#287114—
1897#260119—
1896#254126—
1895#28697—
1894#259112—
1893#27297—
1892#27693—
1891#29572—
1890#31763—
1889#33854—
1888#34349—
1887#32443—
1886#31145—
1885#31342—
1884#36829—
1883#31432—
1882#35225—
1881#37420—
1880#43515—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ila was already there! It came in at #435, and was given to 15 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 21 girls a year got the name.

Where Ila is popular in 1910

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedWIMichigan: #153 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 789 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedSDIowa: #155 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 817 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedINOhio: #292 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,994 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #204 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,190 girlsCAUtah: #77 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 210 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedNEMissouri: #253 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,561 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedNMKansas: #186 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 957 girlsKSArkansas: #201 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 942 girlsARTennessee: #213 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,164 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #188 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,051 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #227 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,213 girlsOKLouisiana: #280 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,618 girlsLAMississippi: #254 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,495 girlsMSAlabama: #130 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 546 girlsALGeorgia: #247 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,733 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedHITexas: #163 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 666 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#77 · 1 in 210
  2. Alabama#130 · 1 in 546
  3. Michigan#153 · 1 in 789
  4. Iowa#155 · 1 in 817
  5. Texas#163 · 1 in 666

Best ever in a state: #63 in Idaho, 1936.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#7751 in 210
Alabama#130241 in 546
Michigan#153111 in 789
Iowa#15571 in 817
Texas#163291 in 666
Kansas#18651 in 957
North Carolina#188121 in 1,051
Arkansas#20181 in 942
California#20451 in 1,190
Tennessee#21391 in 1,164
Oklahoma#22761 in 1,213
Georgia#24791 in 1,733
Missouri#25371 in 1,561
Mississippi#25471 in 1,495
Louisiana#28061 in 1,618
Ohio#29251 in 2,994
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ila
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 39 spots since 2024 (#679 → #718)
  • 146 spots since 2020 (#864 → #718)
  • 465 spots since 2015 (#1,183 → #718)
  • Biggest jump: 165 spots in 2020 (#1,029 → #864)
  • Biggest drop: 311 spots in 1954 (#782 → #1,093)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1903 at #237 (160 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 56 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 80 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1880–1953
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,637
  • Highest: 1 in 1,637 girls born in 1903 were named Ila (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,121 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.1% of all girls named Ila (5,526) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s354#311 (1886)#347
1890s1,006#254 (1896)#278
1900s1,642#237 (1903)#253
1910s3,942#250 (1911)#270
1920s5,526#261 (1925)#281
1930s3,539#305 (1932)#347
1940s1,766#460 (1940)#587
1950s1,033#739 (1952)#987
1960s507#1,305 (1961)#1,646
1970s282#2,247 (1971)#2,709
1980s225#2,992 (1984)#3,852
1990s240#3,313 (1999)#4,485
2000s738#1,756 (2009)#2,528
2010s1,853#1,029 (2019)#1,315
2020s2,407#622 (2023)#721

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ila in 1910

girls
#275
199 births · 1 in 1,992 girls

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #275Ila199
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 1,992 of them was named Ila, which outranked 90.1% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ila
  1. #272Peggy204
  2. #273Cornelia202
  3. #273Letha202
  4. #275Ila199
  5. #276Maudie198
  6. #277Joan196
  7. #278Bertie195
Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Alys#1,957 → #997
  2. ↑ 849Lannie#1,763 → #914
  3. ↑ 766Luz#1,763 → #997
  4. ↑ 762Vivien#1,607 → #845
  5. ↑ 693Buna#1,607 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 864Earl#909 → #1,773
  2. ↓ 864Fleta#909 → #1,773
  3. ↓ 783Elba#990 → #1,773
  4. ↓ 644Odile#990 → #1,634
  5. ↓ 576Claribel#845 → #1,421

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1910 →