Boys' name · since 1996
Ilijah
Ilijah has 590 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,144 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,504 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 590
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ilijah currently ranks #5504 among boys' names in America, with 590 babies recorded since 1996.
Ilijah has 590 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5504 as of the latest data, more common than 60% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #7,144 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,504 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 590 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ilijah ranks #7,144 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,504 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 590 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,144 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,504 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 590
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ilijah's 590 recorded births place it above 84.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Ilijah compares
590 Top 41% higher than 59% of 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
Ilijah's all-time total is 60% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ilijah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 590 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ilijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ilijah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 8 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ilijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Ilijah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (248 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Ilijah's strongest decade.
248 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Ilijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
199 births
- 2010s
2010s
248 births
- 2020s
2020s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 248 births (42% of all-time use).
How Ilijah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Ilijah's total volume
Ilijah by state
Where Ilijah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 2.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 17 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.8% |
17 of 590 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Ilijah's data
- Ilijah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (248 total births) through the 2020s (119) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Ilijahs (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ilijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Ilijah 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.