Girls' name · since 1976
Ilima
Ilima has 37 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1976 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,474 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1976
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ilima sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 37 recorded since 1976.
Ilima has 37 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2020.
- #38,474 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 37 born since 1976
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ilima ranks #38,474 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1976, peaking in the 1970s.
- #38,474 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1976
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ilima's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ilima's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ilima's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ilima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2020
- Peak year (1976)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Ilima by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (13 births, 35% of the file).
1970s was Ilima's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Ilima births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 13 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Ilima's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 2020s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ilima: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1976–2020 (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 Ilima 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.