Ilan

Where Ilan comes from

From Hebrew אִילָן (Ilán, “tree, oak tree”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ilan
  • Hebrew
Ilan through the years
  1. 1965
    First appearance
    #3,930 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2003
    Peak, #1,131
    134 babies named Ilan, its best rank.
  3. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,922.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.