Ilham — #8168 US unisex name
255 babies named Ilham in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Ilham was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Ilham in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ilham
The Social Security Administration has registered 255 babies named Ilham between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ilham currently holds the #8168 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Ilham is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 22 additional births since 2002.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ilham performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ilham shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Ilham in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ilham 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 255 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.
Ilham at a glance
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Current rank
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Ilham popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2021)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #8168 among girls.
255 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 15 births in a single year.
Ilham popularity over time — boys
22 total births recorded since 2002 (Ilham as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ilham accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ilham by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 92 births that decade — 36% of Ilham's all-time total
Ilham decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ilham's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Ilham by state
Where Ilham concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
Top 5 states
- New York 2.4% of nationwide
- Minnesota 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.4% 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, 1995–2024 (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.