Ilana
- #2,485 for girls in 2025, 71 births
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 123 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,678since 1946
Ilana over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ilana has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,485 | 71 |
| 2024 | #2,434 | 74 |
| 2023 | #2,269 | 81 |
| 2022 | #2,208 | 85 |
| 2021 | #1,851 | 108 |
| 2020 | #2,216 | 81 |
| 2019 | #2,231 | 82 |
| 2018 | #2,361 | 77 |
| 2017 | #2,035 | 96 |
| 2016 | #2,168 | 89 |
| 2015 | #2,259 | 83 |
| 2014 | #2,096 | 92 |
| 2013 | #2,137 | 88 |
| 2012 | #2,449 | 75 |
| 2011 | #2,000 | 98 |
| 2010 | #2,202 | 88 |
| 2009 | #2,286 | 85 |
| 2008 | #1,927 | 109 |
| 2007 | #1,744 | 124 |
| 2006 | #1,639 | 129 |
| 2005 | #1,668 | 119 |
| 2004 | #1,554 | 127 |
| 2003 | #1,522 | 128 |
| 2002 | #1,780 | 101 |
| 2001 | #1,671 | 108 |
| 2000 | #1,533 | 118 |
| 1999 | #1,358 | 130 |
| 1998 | #1,472 | 116 |
| 1997 | #1,319 | 131 |
| 1996 | #1,348 | 125 |
| 1995 | #1,381 | 119 |
| 1994 | #1,394 | 116 |
| 1993 | #1,529 | 102 |
| 1992 | #1,264 | 135 |
| 1991 | #1,428 | 112 |
| 1990 | #1,300 | 125 |
| 1989 | #1,259 | 125 |
| 1988 | #1,246 | 119 |
| 1987 | #1,182 | 123 |
| 1986 | #1,224 | 112 |
| 1985 | #1,339 | 98 |
| 1984 | #1,332 | 91 |
| 1983 | #1,247 | 101 |
| 1982 | #1,384 | 88 |
| 1981 | #1,304 | 97 |
| 1980 | #1,518 | 78 |
| 1979 | #1,410 | 87 |
| 1978 | #1,374 | 85 |
| 1977 | #1,498 | 73 |
| 1976 | #1,619 | 61 |
| 1975 | #1,586 | 62 |
| 1974 | #1,598 | 59 |
| 1973 | #1,832 | 46 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 |
| 1971 | #2,137 | 38 |
| 1970 | #2,120 | 38 |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 49 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 |
| 1967 | #1,751 | 43 |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
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| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
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| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
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| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five girls were named Ilana! It came in at #3,994, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1950, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ilana is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- New York#1,165 · 1 in 6,527
- Pennsylvania#1,231 · 1 in 7,781
- California#2,276 · 1 in 20,216
- Texas#3,285 · 1 in 32,108
Best ever in a state: #386 in New York, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #1,165 | 12 | 1 in 6,527 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 6 | 1 in 7,781 |
| California | #2,276 | 8 | 1 in 20,216 |
| 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
- 269 spots since 2020 (#2,216 → #2,485)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1987 at #1,182 (123 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,288
- Highest: 1 in 13,288 girls born in 1997 were named Ilana (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,638 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,182 in 1987, was only 1 in 14,135 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 21.3% of all girls named Ilana (1,211) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 12 | #3,994 (1946) | #4,619 |
| 1950s | 63 | #3,925 (1958) | #4,543 |
| 1960s | 264 | #1,728 (1969) | #2,525 |
| 1970s | 580 | #1,374 (1978) | #1,753 |
| 1980s | 1,032 | #1,182 (1987) | #1,304 |
| 1990s | 1,211 | #1,264 (1992) | #1,379 |
| 2000s | 1,148 | #1,522 (2003) | #1,732 |
| 2010s | 868 | #2,000 (2011) | #2,194 |
| 2020s | 500 | #1,851 (2021) | #2,244 |
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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