Ilo — #12145 US unisex name
712 babies named Ilo in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Ilo was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Ilo in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ilo
The Social Security Administration has registered 712 babies named Ilo between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ilo currently holds the #12145 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 33 babies received it in a single year. Ilo is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 56 additional births since 1918.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ilo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 212 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ilo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 73 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Ilo in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ilo 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 712 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.
Ilo at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ilo popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1888
- Peak year (1921)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 137 years of records
Currently ranks #12145 among girls.
712 total births across 137 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 33 births in a single year.
Ilo popularity over time — boys
56 total births recorded since 1918 (Ilo as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ilo accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ilo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 212 births that decade — 30% of Ilo's all-time total
Ilo decade highlights
- Peak decade 212 births
- Runner-up 191 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ilo's strongest decade
212 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Ilo by state
Where Ilo concentrates geographically — total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 73 | 10.3% |
| #2 | Iowa | | 24 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 10 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 6 | 0.8% |
73 of 712 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 10.3% of nationwide
- Iowa 3.4% of nationwide
- Indiana 1.4% of nationwide
- Minnesota 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 10.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1888–2024 (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.