Total births
47
Girls' name · since 2001
Ilaya
Ilaya has 47 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 47
- total births
- 2001–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 66%
- born in that decade
Ilaya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 47 have been recorded since 2001.
Ilaya has 47 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- 47 total births
- 2001–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 66% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
47 girls have been named Ilaya since 2001, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 47
- total births
- 2001–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 66%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
66% of everyone ever named Ilaya was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
13 babies were named Ilaya in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
Ilaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ilaya splits its recorded history at 2020: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ilaya at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2025
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2001
Ilaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Ilaya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Ilaya's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Ilaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 31 births (66% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Ilaya? ▼
47 babies have been named Ilaya since 2001. It was last recorded in 2025. The peak year was 2025 with 13 births.
When was Ilaya most popular? ▼
Ilaya was most popular in the 2020s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Ilaya been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Ilaya since 2001 -- 25 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Ilaya? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ila, Ilana, Ilah, Ilaria, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Ilaya
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Ilaya: Baby Name Since 2001 - 47 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/ilaya. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Ilaya 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 July 2026.