Girls' name · since 1956

Illiana

2,095 babies named Illiana in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#4,567 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#2,467 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
2,095
born since 1956
2010s
peak decade

Illiana currently ranks #2467 among girls' names in America, with 2,095 babies recorded since 1956.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Illiana has been recorded 2,095 times among girls since 1956, currently ranked #2467 nationally and more common than 86% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2025.

  • #4,567 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #2,467 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 2,095 born since 1956
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Illiana ranks #4,567 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,467 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,095 born since 1956, peaking in the 2010s.

#4,567 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#2,467 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
2,095
born since 1956
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%85.7%
Illiana vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Illiana's 2,095 recorded births place it above 93.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

9 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.

How Illiana compares

2,095 Top 22% higher than 78% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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

Illiana's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Illiana Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 2,095 376 567,345
Peak-year births 90 21 19,840

Illiana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Illiana's full recorded timeline at 1998, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1956, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 90 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Illiana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2011)
90
Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
020406080100 195619721983199119982005201220192025 72

Illiana by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (694 births, 33% of the file).

2010s was Illiana's strongest decade.

694 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.

Illiana births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 694 births (33% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Illiana compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Illiana's total volume

Illiana vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -127, 3.4%-120, 2.5%-108, 5.4%-36, 8.1%-32, 6.3%-108, 3%-37, 6.8%-124, 3.1%-49, 8.1%-146, 5.4%-132, 2.5%-39, 6.5%-58, 3.9%-138, 2.7%-18, 16.3%Illiana-70, 4.3%Illiana
Illiana vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Illiana by state

Where Illiana concentrates geographically, total births since 1956

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Illiana
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
400 19.1%
#2 California
286 13.7%
#3 Florida
59 2.8%
#4 Arizona
55 2.6%
#5 Illinois
34 1.6%
#6 Colorado
14 0.7%
#7 New York
7 0.3%
#8 Massachusetts
6 0.3%
Texas share of Illiana's total US births 19.1%
Even split

400 of 2,095 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.

Illiana appears in 9 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Illiana?
Illiana has been given to 2,095 babies in the U.S. since 1956, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #4,567 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #2,467 of 17,297. 90 babies were born in 2011, its single highest year.
Where does Illiana sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Illiana ranks #4,567 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,467 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Illiana most popular?
Illiana was most popular in the 2010s decade with 694 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
Where is Illiana most popular?
The top states for the name Illiana are Texas (400 births), California (286 births), Florida (59 births).
How long has the name Illiana been used?
Records for Illiana go back to 1956, giving 70 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Illiana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Illa, Illyana, Illianna, Illeana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Illiana's data

  • Illiana's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (694 total births) through the 2020s (454) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Texas records the most Illianas (400 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Illiana

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Illiana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1956–2025 (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 Illiana 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.