Ilan — #1449 US boys' name
3,107 babies named Ilan in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Ilan was born in this single decade.
153 babies were named Ilan in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ilan
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,107 babies named Ilan between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ilan currently holds the #1449 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 153 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ilan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,002 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ilan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 593 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ilan in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ilan 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 3,107 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.
Ilan at a glance
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Current rank
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Ilan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1965
- Peak year (2023)
- 153
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
Currently ranks #1449 among boys.
3,107 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 153 births in a single year.
Ilan popularity over time — girls
59 total births recorded since 2007 (Ilan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Ilan accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ilan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,002 births that decade — 32% of Ilan's all-time total
Ilan decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,002 births
- Runner-up 771 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ilan's strongest decade
1,002 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Ilan by state
Where Ilan concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 593 | 19.1% |
| #2 | California | | 566 | 18.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 254 | 8.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 187 | 6.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 75 | 2.4% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 46 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 42 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 19 | 0.6% |
593 of 3,107 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 19.1% of nationwide
- California 18.2% of nationwide
- Texas 8.2% of nationwide
- Florida 6.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 19.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ilan appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1965–2024 (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.