Ila — #679 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ila

The Social Security Administration has registered 24,667 babies named Ila between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ila currently holds the #679 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 642 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ila performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5,526 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ila shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,647 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Ila in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ila in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 24,667 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.