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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #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 1911

  • 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: #71 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 182 girlsIDMontana: 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: #316 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,232 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedWIMichigan: #127 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 588 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: #123 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 617 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #301 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,314 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedCAUtah: #67 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 204 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedMOKentucky: #299 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,191 girlsKYWest 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: #124 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 539 girlsKSArkansas: #147 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 551 girlsARTennessee: #156 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 713 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #126 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 493 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #254 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,821 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #201 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 996 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedMSAlabama: #161 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 798 girlsALGeorgia: #167 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 883 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedHITexas: #162 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 651 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ila, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#67 · 1 in 204
  2. Idaho#71 · 1 in 182
  3. Iowa#123 · 1 in 617
  4. Kansas#124 · 1 in 539
  5. North Carolina#126 · 1 in 493

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#6761 in 204
Idaho#7151 in 182
Iowa#123101 in 617
Kansas#124101 in 539
North Carolina#126261 in 493
Michigan#127161 in 588
Arkansas#147131 in 551
Tennessee#156141 in 713
Alabama#161151 in 798
Texas#162301 in 651
Georgia#167171 in 883
Oklahoma#20181 in 996
South Carolina#25451 in 1,821
Kentucky#29951 in 2,191
Pennsylvania#30181 in 4,314
Illinois#31661 in 3,232
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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 1911

girls
#250
243 births · 1 in 1,721 girls

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #250Ila243
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 1,721 of them was named Ila, which outranked 91.3% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ila
  1. #247Allie253
  2. #248Elma252
  3. #249Gussie245
  4. #250Ila243
  5. #251Ernestine238
  6. #252Winnie237
  7. #253Francis234
Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,003Laurette#1,935 → #932
  2. ↑ 683Glenda#1,521 → #838
  3. ↑ 680Ana#1,421 → #741
  4. ↑ 623Vilma#1,521 → #898
  5. ↑ 523Emmaline#1,421 → #898
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,194Alys#997 → #2,191
  2. ↓ 959Leana#997 → #1,956
  3. ↓ 686Coletta#859 → #1,545
  4. ↓ 686Blossom#970 → #1,656
  5. ↓ 659Otis#997 → #1,656

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

See the top 100 for 1911 →