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
- Peak · girls
- 1903 · 160 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 25,060since 1880
Ila over time
Rank among girls' names. Ila has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #718 | 390 | — | |
| 2024 | #679 | 421 | — | |
| 2023 | #622 | 480 | — | |
| 2022 | #684 | 428 | — | |
| 2021 | #757 | 377 | — | |
| 2020 | #864 | 311 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,029 | 249 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,262 | 183 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,098 | 230 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,229 | 199 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,183 | 213 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,198 | 203 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,539 | 142 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,497 | 150 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,655 | 129 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,456 | 155 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,756 | 124 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,927 | 109 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,231 | 88 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,149 | 90 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,379 | 74 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,711 | 60 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,800 | 55 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,241 | 43 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,635 | 57 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,453 | 38 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,313 | 38 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,632 | 30 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,115 | 25 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,671 | 33 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,247 | 35 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,955 | 41 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,999 | 36 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,617 | 49 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,736 | 42 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,914 | 36 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,532 | 55 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,623 | 49 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,323 | 70 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,305 | 72 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,454 | 57 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,256 | 73 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,120 | 89 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,072 | 94 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,133 | 83 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,081 | 87 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,093 | 81 | — | |
| 1953 | #782 | 137 | — | |
| 1952 | #739 | 144 | — | |
| 1951 | #846 | 112 | — | |
| 1950 | #745 | 133 | — | |
| 1949 | #779 | 123 | — | |
| 1948 | #696 | 143 | — | |
| 1947 | #622 | 183 | — | |
| 1946 | #651 | 147 | — | |
| 1945 | #593 | 151 | — | |
| 1944 | #553 | 172 | — | |
| 1943 | #545 | 189 | — | |
| 1942 | #491 | 229 | — | |
| 1941 | #475 | 217 | — | |
| 1940 | #460 | 212 | — | |
| 1939 | #429 | 247 | — | |
| 1938 | #388 | 299 | — | |
| 1937 | #361 | 320 | — | |
| 1936 | #359 | 310 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #360 | 312 | — | |
| 1934 | #326 | 367 | — | |
| 1933 | #320 | 379 | — | |
| 1932 | #305 | 427 | — | |
| 1931 | #308 | 427 | — | |
| 1930 | #312 | 451 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #301 | 481 | — | |
| 1928 | #286 | 524 | — | |
| 1927 | #290 | 531 | — | |
| 1926 | #302 | 487 | — | |
| 1925 | #261 | 642 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #275 | 577 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #282 | 524 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #270 | 576 | — | |
| 1921 | #265 | 623 | — | |
| 1920 | #274 | 561 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #271 | 549 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #267 | 564 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #276 | 494 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #267 | 513 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #278 | 451 | — | |
| 1914 | #267 | 376 | — | |
| 1913 | #281 | 279 | — | |
| 1912 | #271 | 274 | — | |
| 1911 | #250 | 243 | — | |
| 1910 | #275 | 199 | — | |
| 1909 | #252 | 200 | — | |
| 1908 | #248 | 196 | — | |
| 1907 | #271 | 162 | — | |
| 1906 | #276 | 146 | — | |
| 1905 | #250 | 166 | — | |
| 1904 | #264 | 143 | — | |
| 1903 | #237 | 160 | — | |
| 1902 | #248 | 154 | — | |
| 1901 | #244 | 138 | — | |
| 1900 | #241 | 177 | — | |
| 1899 | #269 | 113 | — | |
| 1898 | #287 | 114 | — | |
| 1897 | #260 | 119 | — | |
| 1896 | #254 | 126 | — | |
| 1895 | #286 | 97 | — | |
| 1894 | #259 | 112 | — | |
| 1893 | #272 | 97 | — | |
| 1892 | #276 | 93 | — | |
| 1891 | #295 | 72 | — | |
| 1890 | #317 | 63 | — | |
| 1889 | #338 | 54 | — | |
| 1888 | #343 | 49 | — | |
| 1887 | #324 | 43 | — | |
| 1886 | #311 | 45 | — | |
| 1885 | #313 | 42 | — | |
| 1884 | #368 | 29 | — | |
| 1883 | #314 | 32 | — | |
| 1882 | #352 | 25 | — | |
| 1881 | #374 | 20 | — | |
| 1880 | #435 | 15 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1903 at #237 (160 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 56 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1880–1953
- 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%)
- 22.1% of all girls named Ila (5,526) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 354 | #311 (1886) | #347 |
| 1890s | 1,006 | #254 (1896) | #278 |
| 1900s | 1,642 | #237 (1903) | #253 |
| 1910s | 3,942 | #250 (1911) | #270 |
| 1920s | 5,526 | #261 (1925) | #281 |
| 1930s | 3,539 | #305 (1932) | #347 |
| 1940s | 1,766 | #460 (1940) | #587 |
| 1950s | 1,033 | #739 (1952) | #987 |
| 1960s | 507 | #1,305 (1961) | #1,646 |
| 1970s | 282 | #2,247 (1971) | #2,709 |
| 1980s | 225 | #2,992 (1984) | #3,852 |
| 1990s | 240 | #3,313 (1999) | #4,485 |
| 2000s | 738 | #1,756 (2009) | #2,528 |
| 2010s | 1,853 | #1,029 (2019) | #1,315 |
| 2020s | 2,407 | #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 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 3,356 of them was named Ila, which outranked 92.6% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #356Virgie317
- #357Molly316
- #358Pearlie313
- #359Ila310
- #359Lizzie310
- #361Elnora306
- #362Dona303
- #362Gretchen303
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 207,441 of them was named Ila, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 488 names at #3,549; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.