Ilir — #10123 US boys' name
155 babies named Ilir in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Ilir was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Ilir in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ilir
The Social Security Administration has registered 155 babies named Ilir between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ilir currently holds the #10123 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ilir performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ilir shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ilir in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ilir in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 155 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ilir at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Ilir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (1991)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #10123 among boys.
155 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 10 births in a single year.
Ilir by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 70 births that decade — 45% of Ilir's all-time total
Ilir decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ilir's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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 | 25.8% |
40 of 155 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 25.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 25.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.