Boys' name · since 2008
Ilay
208 babies named Ilay in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,712 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,040 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 208
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
208 babies have been named Ilay since 2008, making it today's #4040 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ilay has been recorded 208 times among boys since 2008, currently ranked #4040 nationally and more common than 71% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #12,712 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,040 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 208 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ilay ranks #12,712 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,040 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 208 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,712 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,040 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 208
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ilay's 208 recorded births place it above 72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Ilay compares
208 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ilay's all-time total is 44% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ilay | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 208 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ilay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ilay's full recorded timeline at 2018, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ilay popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Ilay popularity over time - girls
7 total births recorded since 2024 (Ilay as girls' name)
Ilay by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (106 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Ilay's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Ilay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s
2020s
106 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 106 births (51% of all-time use).
Ilay by state
Where Ilay concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 29 | 13.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 22 | 10.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 2.4% |
29 of 208 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Ilay's data
- California records the most Ilays (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ilay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ilay draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.