How Many People Are Named Ilana?
people named Ilana are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 61,839 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,678 babies named Ilana in Social Security records from 1946 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
135 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of ILAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ilana in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ilana alive today is about 28 years old, and 54% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ilana first appears in the records in 1946 and was given most often in 1992, to 135 babies. In 2025, 71 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1946 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ilana has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,184, in 1987. In 2025 it ranked #2,496.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,496 |
| Best rank | #1,184 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,390 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ilana alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ilana were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,349 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ilana was given 5.8 times as often in New York, 2.8 times in New Jersey and 2.6 times in Massachusetts.
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