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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #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
rankbirthsrankbirths
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.

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 1919

girls
#271
549 births · 1 in 2,059 girls
boys
#4,168
5 births · 1 in 196,024 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #271Ila549

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #4,168Ila5
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 2,059 of them was named Ila, which outranked 95.1% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ila
  1. #268Virgie559
  2. #269Priscilla557
  3. #270Elvira553
  4. #271Ila549
  5. #272Gloria547
  6. #273Yvonne546
  7. #274Clarice542
Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 851Gregoria#1,805#954
  2. 443Concha#1,333#890
  3. 390Arlena#1,299#909
  4. 353Marina#1,255#902
  5. 333Roselle#1,333#1,000
Fallers
  1. 1,019Liberty#585#1,604
  2. 840Victory#809#1,649
  3. 567Karen#960#1,527
  4. 404Zena#989#1,393
  5. 359Malvina#989#1,348

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

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 196,024 of them was named Ila, which outranked 13.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ila
  1. #3,736Zelma6
  2. #3,736Zigmunt6
  3. #3,736Zora6
  4. #4,168Ila5
  5. #4,168Aarne5
  6. #4,168Able5
  7. #4,168Alba5

Tied with 642 names at #4,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 446Quinten#1,313#867
  2. 432Dempsey#1,012#580
  3. 341Winton#1,231#890
  4. 334Donnie#1,211#877
  5. 332Edsel#1,062#730
Fallers
  1. 2,008Foch#869#2,877
  2. 582Carmel#949#1,531
  3. 403Eligah#918#1,321
  4. 398Nels#809#1,207
  5. 355Myer#966#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919