How rare is the name Ila?

8,057 people in the United States have the first name Ila, about 1 in 37,487. It ranks #2,857 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ILA

#2,857

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,057
About
1 in 37,487
This common or more
81%
Who bears it

Of the 8,057 people named Ila, 73.3% reported their origin as White, 11.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5.8% as Black. 99.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ila peaked in 1925, when 649 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1925
Births that year
649
In 2025*
390 ▼40%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 25,120 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ila by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #384. The largest share of babies named Ila, 39.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#624354
1890s#4291,006
1900s#3841,642
1910s#4803,968
1920s#5165,550
1930s#6253,549
1940s#1,0291,766
1950s#1,6531,033
1960s#2,592507
1970s#4,305282
1980s#5,880225
1990s#7,108240
2000s#4,134738
2010s#2,3191,853
2020s#1,3822,407
Before 19016.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2739.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4522.8%
Baby boom 1946–647.7%
Generation X 1965–802%
Millennials 1981–961.4%
Generation Z 1997–125%
2013 and later15.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ila is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ila has been most common in Idaho (3.7×), Utah (3.5×), and Iowa (3.3×), and least common in New York (0.2×).

17,476 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Ila

1 other first name also has 8,057 people.

#2,857 Marlyn · 8,057

Either side of Ila

#2,855 Frida · 8,083#2,856 Divya · 8,066#2,857 Marlyn · 8,057#2,859 Boston · 8,054

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ila, most common first.

#3,690 Ilya · 5,505#6,581 Ilia · 2,421#15,320 Illa · 753#15,613 Il · 734#16,385 Ily · 689#18,336 Ilah · 589#29,486 Ilea · 300#32,469 Ilo · 259

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