Ilia — #7601 US unisex name
787 babies named Ilia in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Ilia was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Ilia in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ilia
The Social Security Administration has registered 787 babies named Ilia between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ilia currently holds the #7601 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 43 babies received it in a single year. Ilia is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 200 additional births since 1998.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ilia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Ilia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ilia in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ilia 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 787 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.
Ilia at a glance
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Current rank
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Ilia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (1980)
- 43
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #7601 among girls.
787 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 43 births in a single year.
Ilia popularity over time — boys
200 total births recorded since 1998 (Ilia as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Ilia accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ilia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 168 births that decade — 21% of Ilia's all-time total
Ilia decade highlights
- Peak decade 168 births
- Runner-up 162 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ilia's strongest decade
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Ilia by state
Where Ilia concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 34 | 4.3% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 10 | 1.3% |
34 of 787 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.3% of nationwide
- California 1.3% of nationwide
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.3% 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, 1912–2024 (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.