NameTides

Ila

Ila was the #718 girls' name in the US in 2025 (390 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Ila as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Ila as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Ila as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#718 (390)#3,705 (6)#1,577 (15)
2024#679 (421)#2,772 (9)#1,541 (15)
2023#622 (480)#1,863 (15)#987 (26)
2022#684 (428)#2,488 (10)#902 (29)
2021#757 (377)#3,519 (6)#1,681 (13)
2020#864 (311)#2,042 (13)#1,087 (23)
2019#1,029 (249)#2,869 (8)#1,138 (22)
2018#1,262 (183)#1,586 (19)#1,259 (19)
2017#1,098 (230)#1,911 (15)#1,584 (14)
2016#1,229 (199)#1,920 (15)#1,463 (16)
2015#1,183 (213)#1,865 (15)#983 (26)
2014#1,198 (203)#1,628 (18)#1,279 (19)
2013#1,539 (142)#1,537 (20)#1,512 (15)
2012#1,497 (150)#1,991 (14)#1,350 (18)
2011#1,655 (129)#1,608 (18)#1,426 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1903 at #237.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ila is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 4,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ila by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #391WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #258IAIndiana: #481INOhio: #622OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,276CAUtah: #310UTColorado: #456CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #350MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #361KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #659NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #391ALGeorgia: #748GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #840TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Ila (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Ila (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
IlaCanadaGirls#1,57715
IlaEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
IlaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
IlaUSGirls#718390
IlaUSBoys—too few