Ilai — #4659 US boys' name
230 babies named Ilai in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 67% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Ilai was born in this single decade.
40 babies were named Ilai in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ilai
The Social Security Administration has registered 230 babies named Ilai between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ilai currently holds the #4659 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 40 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ilai performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ilai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ilai in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ilai 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 230 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.
Ilai at a glance
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Current rank
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Ilai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2023)
- 40
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #4659 among boys.
230 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 40 births in a single year.
Ilai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 113 births that decade — 49% of Ilai's all-time total
Ilai decade highlights
- Peak decade 113 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Ilai's strongest decade
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Ilai by state
Where Ilai concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 9.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 13 | 5.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 2.2% |
21 of 230 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.1% of nationwide
- Texas 5.7% of nationwide
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2005–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.