Ilah
- #3,028 for girls in 2025, 54 births
- Peak · girls
- 1907 · 18 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,788since 1891
Ilah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ilah has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,028 | 54 |
| 2024 | #2,976 | 55 |
| 2023 | #3,014 | 55 |
| 2022 | #2,530 | 70 |
| 2021 | #3,002 | 55 |
| 2020 | #2,779 | 59 |
| 2019 | #3,499 | 44 |
| 2018 | #3,346 | 47 |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | — | |
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| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | — | |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
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| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,213 | 41 |
| 1926 | #1,541 | 28 |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1924 | #1,440 | 33 |
| 1923 | #1,129 | 46 |
| 1922 | #1,430 | 32 |
| 1921 | #1,184 | 42 |
| 1920 | #1,282 | 36 |
| 1919 | #1,325 | 34 |
| 1918 | #1,333 | 33 |
| 1917 | #1,065 | 44 |
| 1916 | #1,246 | 33 |
| 1915 | #1,094 | 38 |
| 1914 | #1,199 | 26 |
| 1913 | #1,040 | 27 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 |
| 1907 | #898 | 18 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1891
The first year at least five girls were named Ilah! It came in at #1,213, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1946–1947, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ilah is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #1,035 | 8 | 1 in 5,909 |
| Texas | #3,285 | 5 | 1 in 32,108 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 249 spots since 2020 (#2,779 → #3,028)
- 2,099 spots since 2015 (#5,127 → #3,028)
- Biggest jump: 513 spots in 1901
- Biggest drop: 649 spots in 1908
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1907 at #898 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1901–1902
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,698
- Highest: 1 in 17,698 girls born in 1907 were named Ilah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 29,764 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 19.6% of all girls named Ilah (351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 74 | #935 (1899) | #1,167 |
| 1900s | 119 | #898 (1907) | #1,132 |
| 1910s | 273 | #1,040 (1913) | #1,273 |
| 1920s | 351 | #1,129 (1923) | #1,347 |
| 1930s | 149 | #1,750 (1931) | #2,139 |
| 1940s | 73 | #2,029 (1940) | #3,473 |
| 1950s | 36 | #3,796 (1952) | #4,609 |
| 1960s | 10 | #6,390 (1960) | #6,579 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 85 | #6,317 (2009) | #9,459 |
| 2010s | 270 | #3,346 (2018) | #5,478 |
| 2020s | 348 | #2,530 (2022) | #2,888 |
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.
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