Ilia
- #4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births
- #2,421 for boys in 2025, 56 births
- Given to girls 76.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1980 · 43 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 821since 1912
Ilia over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,172 | 34 | #2,421 | 56 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | #4,321 | 24 |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 | — | |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,278 | 43 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | — | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
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| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | — | |
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| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | — | |
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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
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| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
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| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
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| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
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| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Ilia! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ilia is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Texas#2,386 · 1 in 20,068
Best ever in a state: #1,082 in New York, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #2,386 | 8 | 1 in 20,068 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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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
Rising
- 3,422 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #4,172)
- 4,234 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #4,172)
- 4,275 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #4,172)
Rise & fade · girls
68 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1980 at #2,278 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 2 yrs later
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 38,612
- Highest: 1 in 38,612 girls born in 1980 were named Ilia (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 47,273 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 20.5% of all girls named Ilia (168) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #2,979 (1912) | #3,627 |
| 1920s | 17 | #4,376 (1923) | #4,594 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,331 (1931) | #4,331 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 23 | #4,161 (1956) | #4,702 |
| 1960s | 64 | #4,202 (1965) | #5,981 |
| 1970s | 58 | #5,092 (1979) | #7,318 |
| 1980s | 162 | #2,278 (1980) | #5,308 |
| 1990s | 101 | #6,131 (1990) | #8,779 |
| 2000s | 107 | #6,956 (2001) | #9,991 |
| 2010s | 168 | #5,517 (2017) | #7,328 |
| 2020s | 106 | #4,172 (2025) | #7,054 |
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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