Unisex name · since 2001
Ilian
320 babies named Ilian in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,224 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,414 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 320
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ilian is the #2414 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 320 recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ilian has been recorded 320 times among boys since 2001, currently ranked #2414 nationally and more common than 83% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #10,224 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,414 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 320 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ilian ranks #10,224 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,414 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 320 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,224 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,414 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 320
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ilian's 320 recorded births place it above 77.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Ilian compares
320 47th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ilian's all-time total is 13% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ilian | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 320 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 57 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ilian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ilian splits its recorded history at 2014: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% 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 57 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ilian popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 57
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Ilian popularity over time - girls
45 total births recorded since 1993 (Ilian as girls' name)
Ilian by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (164 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Ilian's strongest decade.
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Ilian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 56
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
100 births
- 2020s
2020s
164 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 164 births (51% of all-time use).
Ilian by state
Where Ilian concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 23 | 7.2% |
| #2 | California | | 22 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 1.6% |
23 of 320 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Ilians (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ilian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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).
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 Ilian 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 August 2026.