Meaning not yet researched.
Ila: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 390 in 2025. Its best rank was #237 in 1903.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #237 in 1903; #718 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ila in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#718 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1903, at #237.
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Ila: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 390 girls in 2025. Peak: #237 in 1903 · most girls in one year: 642 (1925).
In 2025, 390 US girls were named Ila, making it the 718th most common girls’ name of the year, down 39 places from #679 in 2024. That is 31 fewer than the 421 girls named Ila in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #237, reached in 1903. The most girls given the name in a single year was 642, in 1925. For comparison, it was #1,186 in 2015 and #748 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ila in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 15 babies with the name. In all, 25,120 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 5,550 babies named Ila.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,268 US girls were named Ila; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 480. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,121 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ila ranked highest in North Dakota in 2025, at #217 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ola (30,275 babies since 1880), Iola (9,659 babies since 1880), Ella (352,214 babies since 1880) and Eula (47,491 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ilai, Ilaya and Iayla are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ilai (253), Ilaya (47), Iayla (5), Ilahi (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ila in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 19 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 5 | #217 | — |
| Iowa | 13 | #264 | — |
| Utah | 14 | #320 | #476 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #339 | — |
| Missouri | 17 | #359 | #1,024 |
| Kansas | 9 | #380 | — |
| Wisconsin | 13 | #402 | — |
| Alabama | 12 | #405 | — |
| Arkansas | 7 | #450 | — |
| Colorado | 12 | #476 | — |
| South Carolina | 10 | #489 | — |
| Indiana | 14 | #499 | #1,150 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #527 | — |
| Minnesota | 9 | #568 | #526 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #568 | — |
| Michigan | 14 | #572 | — |
| Oregon | 6 | #584 | #620 |
| Ohio | 16 | #627 | #1,002 |
| North Carolina | 15 | #671 | #1,147 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #710 | #941 |
| Georgia | 13 | #764 | #791 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #775 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #785 | #1,500 |
| Texas | 35 | #845 | #1,572 |
| Arizona | 7 | #853 | — |
| Virginia | 8 | #884 | #875 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #934 | #883 |
| Illinois | 8 | #1,055 | #1,530 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,122 | #1,187 |
| New York | 12 | #1,193 | #1,678 |
| Florida | 11 | #1,276 | #1,146 |
| California | 19 | #1,291 | #1,398 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 390 | #718 | — | — |
| 2024 | 421 | #679 | — | — |
| 2023 | 480 | #622 | — | — |
| 2022 | 428 | #684 | — | — |
| 2021 | 377 | #760 | — | — |
| 2020 | 311 | #866 | — | — |
| 2019 | 249 | #1,032 | — | — |
| 2018 | 183 | #1,265 | — | — |
| 2017 | 230 | #1,100 | — | — |
| 2016 | 199 | #1,230 | — | — |
| 2015 | 213 | #1,186 | — | — |
| 2014 | 203 | #1,199 | — | — |
| 2013 | 142 | #1,542 | — | — |
| 2012 | 150 | #1,498 | — | — |
| 2011 | 129 | #1,656 | — | — |
| 2010 | 155 | #1,458 | — | — |
| 2009 | 124 | #1,763 | — | — |
| 2008 | 109 | #1,934 | — | — |
| 2007 | 88 | #2,232 | — | — |
| 2006 | 90 | #2,155 | — | — |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,389 | — | — |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,722 | — | — |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,811 | — | — |
| 2002 | 43 | #3,260 | — | — |
| 2001 | 57 | #2,645 | — | — |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,477 | — | — |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,341 | — | — |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,415 | — | — |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,935 | — | — |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,668 | — | — |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,783 | — | — |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,161 | — | — |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,769 | — | — |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,126 | — | — |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,063 | — | — |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,157 | — | — |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,382 | — | — |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,921 | — | — |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,051 | — | — |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,082 | — | — |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,709 | — | — |
| 1984 | 29 | #3,012 | — | — |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,726 | — | — |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,454 | — | — |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,558 | — | — |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,087 | — | — |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,689 | — | — |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,963 | — | — |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,738 | — | — |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,954 | — | — |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,477 | — | — |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,784 | — | — |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,941 | — | — |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,623 | — | — |
| 1971 | 35 | #2,265 | — | — |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,880 | — | — |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,964 | — | — |
| 1968 | 36 | #2,007 | — | — |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,623 | — | — |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,746 | — | — |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,926 | — | — |
| 1964 | 55 | #1,540 | — | — |
| 1963 | 49 | #1,632 | — | — |
| 1962 | 70 | #1,327 | — | — |
| 1961 | 72 | #1,308 | — | — |
| 1960 | 57 | #1,459 | — | — |
| 1959 | 73 | #1,258 | — | — |
| 1958 | 89 | #1,124 | — | — |
| 1957 | 94 | #1,077 | — | — |
| 1956 | 83 | #1,134 | — | — |
| 1955 | 87 | #1,085 | — | — |
| 1954 | 81 | #1,096 | — | — |
| 1953 | 137 | #782 | — | — |
| 1952 | 144 | #739 | — | — |
| 1951 | 112 | #847 | — | — |
| 1950 | 133 | #748 | — | — |
| 1949 | 123 | #779 | — | — |
| 1948 | 143 | #698 | — | — |
| 1947 | 183 | #622 | — | — |
| 1946 | 147 | #653 | — | — |
| 1945 | 151 | #595 | — | — |
| 1944 | 172 | #554 | — | — |
| 1943 | 189 | #546 | — | — |
| 1942 | 229 | #493 | — | — |
| 1941 | 217 | #475 | — | — |
| 1940 | 212 | #460 | — | — |
| 1939 | 247 | #429 | — | — |
| 1938 | 299 | #388 | — | — |
| 1937 | 320 | #362 | — | — |
| 1936 | 310 | #359 | 5 | #3,788 |
| 1935 | 312 | #360 | — | — |
| 1934 | 367 | #326 | — | — |
| 1933 | 379 | #320 | — | — |
| 1932 | 427 | #305 | — | — |
| 1931 | 427 | #308 | — | — |
| 1930 | 451 | #312 | 5 | #4,259 |
| 1929 | 481 | #302 | — | — |
| 1928 | 524 | #286 | — | — |
| 1927 | 531 | #291 | — | — |
| 1926 | 487 | #303 | — | — |
| 1925 | 642 | #261 | 7 | #3,563 |
| 1924 | 577 | #275 | 6 | #4,099 |
| 1923 | 524 | #282 | 5 | #4,530 |
| 1922 | 576 | #270 | — | — |
| 1921 | 623 | #265 | — | — |
| 1920 | 561 | #274 | 6 | #4,036 |
| 1919 | 549 | #271 | 5 | #4,463 |
| 1918 | 564 | #269 | 7 | #3,523 |
| 1917 | 494 | #277 | 5 | #4,258 |
| 1916 | 513 | #267 | 9 | #2,817 |
| 1915 | 451 | #278 | — | — |
| 1914 | 376 | #267 | — | — |
| 1913 | 279 | #282 | — | — |
| 1912 | 274 | #271 | — | — |
| 1911 | 243 | #250 | — | — |
| 1910 | 199 | #275 | — | — |
| 1909 | 200 | #253 | — | — |
| 1908 | 196 | #248 | — | — |
| 1907 | 162 | #273 | — | — |
| 1906 | 146 | #277 | — | — |
| 1905 | 166 | #250 | — | — |
| 1904 | 143 | #264 | — | — |
| 1903 | 160 | #237 | — | — |
| 1902 | 154 | #248 | — | — |
| 1901 | 138 | #244 | — | — |
| 1900 | 177 | #241 | — | — |
| 1899 | 113 | #269 | — | — |
| 1898 | 114 | #288 | — | — |
| 1897 | 119 | #260 | — | — |
| 1896 | 126 | #254 | — | — |
| 1895 | 97 | #286 | — | — |
| 1894 | 112 | #259 | — | — |
| 1893 | 97 | #272 | — | — |
| 1892 | 93 | #277 | — | — |
| 1891 | 72 | #295 | — | — |
| 1890 | 63 | #318 | — | — |
| 1889 | 54 | #338 | — | — |
| 1888 | 49 | #343 | — | — |
| 1887 | 43 | #326 | — | — |
| 1886 | 45 | #313 | — | — |
| 1885 | 42 | #314 | — | — |
| 1884 | 29 | #372 | — | — |
| 1883 | 32 | #315 | — | — |
| 1882 | 25 | #352 | — | — |
| 1881 | 20 | #378 | — | — |
| 1880 | 15 | #438 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).