Total births
27
Girls' name · since 1999
Iliah
27 babies named Iliah in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 27
- total births
- 1999–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
Iliah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 27 have been recorded since 1999.
Iliah has 27 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2019.
- 27 total births
- 1999–2019 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 41% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
27 girls have been named Iliah since 1999, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2019.
- 27
- total births
- 1999–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
41% of everyone ever named Iliah was born in this single decade.
2009
Single peak year
6 babies were named Iliah in 2009 - its busiest year on record.
Iliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Iliah's full recorded timeline at 2009, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Iliah at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
2009
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1999
Iliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2019
- Peak year (2009)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Iliah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Iliah's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Iliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (41% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Iliah? ▼
Since 1999, Social Security records show 27 babies named Iliah. The most recent recorded year was 2019. Its busiest year on record was 2009, with 6 births.
When was Iliah most popular? ▼
Iliah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Iliah been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Iliah since 1999 -- 21 years through the most recent 2019 data.
What names are similar to Iliah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Iliana, Ilianna, Ilia, Iliyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
What to do with Iliah's data
- Iliah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2010s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Iliah
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Ilia Girl
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Iliyah Girl
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Ilissa Girl
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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, 1999–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Cite this page
NameAlmanac Editorial. "Iliah: Baby Name Since 1999 - 27 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/iliah. 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 Iliah 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.