How Many People Are Named Ila?
people named Ila are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 38,424 people in the US has this name
Based on 25,120 babies named Ila in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
649 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "earth" or "speech" in Sanskrit.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ila in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ila alive today is about 36 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ila first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1925, to 649 babies. In 2025, 390 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ila has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #237, in 1903. In 2025 it ranked #718.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #718 |
| Best rank | #237 (1903) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #280 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ila alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ila were born in California than in any other state: about 558 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ila was given 4.7 times as often in Utah, 4 times in Idaho and 2.7 times in Iowa.
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