Ilka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ilka

The Social Security Administration has registered 249 babies named Ilka between 1955 and 1998, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ilka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ilka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ilka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Ilka in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ilka 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 249 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.