Ilayah — #10899 US girls' name
60 babies named Ilayah in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 38% of names given to girls today.
53% of everyone ever named Ilayah was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Ilayah in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ilayah
The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Ilayah between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ilayah currently holds the #10899 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ilayah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ilayah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ilayah 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 60 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.
Ilayah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Ilayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2024)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #10899 among girls.
60 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 9 births in a single year.
Ilayah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 32 births that decade — 53% of Ilayah's all-time total
Ilayah decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ilayah's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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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, 2012–2024 (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.