Ila

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Ila is ranked 679th among girls in 2024 (419 births). Its best rank was 237th, in 1903.

Rank in 2024: #679down 57 from 2023
Births in 2024: 4190.03% of girls
Peak year: 1925642 births
Best rank: #237in 1903
Since 1880: 24,667people given the name

Babies named Ila, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

24,667 girls have been named Ila in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1925, with 642 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 22%. It has spent 79 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Ila
1880s	354
1890s	1,006
1900s	1,642
1910s	3,942
1920s	5,526
1930s	3,539
1940s	1,766
1950s	1,033
1960s	507
1970s	282
1980s	225
1990s	240
2000s	738
2010s	1,853
2020s	2,014

In 1925, its biggest year

Ila was the 261st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1925 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1925.

Names that rose and fell with Ila

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.