Boys' name · since 1977
Ilir
Ilir has 161 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,283 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,989 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 161
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ilir is the #10989 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 161 recorded since 1977.
Ilir has 161 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10989 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #14,283 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,989 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 161 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ilir ranks #14,283 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,989 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 161 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,283 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,989 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 161
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ilir's 161 recorded births place it above 68.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Ilir compares
161 34th 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
Ilir's all-time total is 56% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ilir | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 161 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ilir's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ilir splits its recorded history at 1995: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ilir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Ilir by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (70 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Ilir's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Ilir births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
70 births
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 70 births (43% of all-time use).
Ilir by state
Where Ilir concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 40 | 24.8% |
40 of 161 births nationwide.
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What to do with Ilir's data
- Ilir's decade-level peak was the 1990s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Ilirs (40 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Ilir: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Ilir 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.