Ila Girl
How popular is Ila?
#718 girl name in 2025
390 baby girls were named Ila in the US in 2025, making it the 718th most popular girl name.
Ila popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #718 for girls (▼ 39 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 390 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+83% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,183 in 2015, #864 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1925 (642 girls) |
| Highest rank | #237 in 1903 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ila counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Iyla family of names ranked #294 for girls in 2025 (#309 the year before), with 1,116 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ila is most popular
Babies named Ila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Iowa: 1.0 per 1,000 (59 girls)
- Utah: 0.9 per 1,000 (72 girls)
- North Dakota: 0.8 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Idaho: 0.7 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.7 per 1,000 (68 girls)
Ila by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 354 | #311 |
| 1890s | 1,006 | #254 |
| 1900s | 1,642 | #237 |
| 1910s | 3,942 | #250 |
| 1920s | 5,526 | #261 |
| 1930s | 3,539 | #305 |
| 1940s | 1,766 | #460 |
| 1950s | 1,033 | #738 |
| 1960s | 507 | #1,304 |
| 1970s | 282 | #2,247 |
| 1980s | 225 | #2,991 |
| 1990s | 240 | #3,310 |
| 2000s | 738 | #1,756 |
| 2010s | 1,853 | #1,029 |
| 2020s | 2,407 | #622 |
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Questions
- Is Ila a boy or girl name?
- Ila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ila were girls.
- How popular is the name Ila?
- 390 baby girls were named Ila in the US in 2025, making it the 718th most popular girl name.
- When was Ila most popular?
- Ila peaked in 1925, when 642 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #237 in 1903.
- How many people are named Ila?
- 25,120 babies have been named Ila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,247 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Ila most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ila was most common in Iowa, at 1.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.